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Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread…

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Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/12/2232223/fintech-firm-betterment-confirms-data-breach-after-hackers-send-fake-10000-crypto-scam-messages?utm_source=r

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Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages

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Betterment Says Social Engineering Attack Enabled Data Breach and Unauthorized Messages

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Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers send fake crypto scam notification to users

7 wks / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Tether Freezes $182 Million in USDT to Support Ongoing Investigation

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Tether has frozen $182 million in USDT across five Tron blockchain wallets in response to a law enforcement request. The frozen funds, ranging from $12 million to $50 million per wallet, are linked to an ongoing investigation. Tether’s wallet-freezin…

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Tether Freezes $182 Million in USDT to Support Ongoing Investigation

7 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Tether Freezes $182 Million in Stablecoins as Reports Point to Heavy Crypto Use by Venezuela

7 wks / gizmodo / Kyle Torpey

Tether Freezes More Than $182 Million in USDT Stablecoins

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

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Instagram denies data breach: So whats up with those sketchy change password emails?

mashable - Instagram said there wasn't a data breach, but the company did fix a bug that led to an external actor sending password reset emails.

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #meta #cybercrime #apps #scam #instagram #bugs

How to tell if an Instagram password reset email is real

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Instagram asked millions to reset passwords, but Meta says it was just a bug

7 wks / techspot

Instagram reportedly fixed an issue relating to random password reset emails

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Instagram denies data breach: So whats up with those sketchy change password emails?

7 wks / mashable

Instagram denies breach after many receive emails asking to reset password

7 wks / bbc

Reminder: Ignore Instagram password reset messages if you didn't request one

7 wks / appleinsider

Back to Top / Monday, January 12, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 17785 / 6 stories in 7 wks


Zepo Intelligence secures $15M to safeguard workspaces from AI risks

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Zepo Intelligence, the company redefining human-centric security, hasclosed a $15 million seed funding round, with participation from Kibo Ventures,eCAPITAL, and TIN Capital.Traditional cybersecurity ...

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Spain’s Zepo Intelligence Secures €12.8 Million To Combat AI-Driven Human Cyber Risks

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Zepo Intelligence secures $15M to safeguard workspaces from AI risks

7 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Spain’s Zepo Intelligence raises €12.8 million to protect workplaces from AI-driven human-targeted cyber threats

7 wks / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Zepo Intelligence raises $15M to shield workspaces from AI social engineering attacks

7 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

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