Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for using users’ …
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FTC Accuses CafePress of Data Breach “Cover-Up”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is acting against e-commerce platform CafePress for allegedly failing to secure consumers’ sensitive …
Ex CafePress owner fined $500,000 for ‘shoddy’ security, covering up data breach
CafePress’s past owner has been fined $500,000 over a litany of security failures and data breaches. CafePress is a US platform offering …
FTC fines CafePress over 2019 data breach coverup
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined online merchandise provider CafePress …
FTC to fine CafePress for cover up of massive data breach
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to slap the former owner of the CafePress custom t-shirt and merchandise site with a $500,000 …
FTC: Americans report losing over $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said today that Americans reported losses of more than $5.8 billion to fraud during last year, a …
FTC warns VoIP providers: Share your robocall info or get sued
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said today that it will take legal action against Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) service …
$1.3 billion lost to romance scams in the past five years: FTC
Netflix’s new title, The Tinder Swindler, is a wild ride. The show examines how an alleged fraudster impacted the lives of multiple women, …
FTC says Americans lost $547 million to romance scams in 2021
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that Americans reported record high losses of $547 million to romance scams in 2021, up almost …
How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day approaching, you can be sure that the scammers will want to take advantage of lovebirds everywhere. From romance …
Americans lost $770 million from social media fraud in 2021, FTC reports
A report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that in 2021 Americans lost $770 million from social media frauds The US …
US mergers doubled in 2021 so FTC and DoJ seek new guidelines to stop illegal ones
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DoJ) Antitrust Division are launching a joint public inquiry as a first …
FTC Says Fix Log4j Security Vulnerability or Face Its Wrath
It’s not like the four — count ’em, four — Log4j security vulnerabilities aren’t more than just trouble in and of themselves. …
The FTC Wants Companies to Find Log4j Fast. It Won’t Be So Easy
At the same time as cybersecurity experts were trying to figure out their exposure to the problem, they were hit with successive warnings …