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People who were notified that their Social Security and financial account numbers may have been exposed in the Finastra breach can claim up to $2,500 for losses from a $3.125 million fund by November 27
A $3.125 million settlement over an October 2024 cyberattack on Finastra Technology is open for claims until November 27. It covers people whom Finastra notified...
Globe Life and American Income Life data breach claims close Monday, October 19, in a $3.4 million settlement
Claims in the $3.4 million Globe Life and American Income Life data breach settlement close Monday, October 19, 2026. Anyone who was sent a notice...
The $309.5 million Amazon return-refund settlement closes to claims December 1, and some customers who returned items will be paid automatically without filing once the court grants final approval
Amazon customers who need to file in a $309.5 million class action settlement over returns have until December 1, 2026, just over six weeks away....
The FTC is sending 65,022 checks worth more than $9.8 million to people scammed through Walmart money transfers from 2015 to 2024, and each must be cashed within 90 days
The Federal Trade Commission is sending 65,022 checks worth more than $9.8 million to people who lost money to scammers through Walmart money transfers. The...
The FTC says eligible Amazon Prime members are getting automatic refunds of up to $200 through April 2027, and each payment expires 60 days after it is issued
The Federal Trade Commission says eligible Amazon Prime members are getting automatic refunds of up to $200 each, with payments continuing through April 2027. Every...
Innovative Renal Care’s $900,000 data breach settlement offers an estimated $100 cash payment, with claims due December 21
A $900,000 fund is waiting on claims from people caught in a 2024 data breach at Innovative Renal Care, a kidney-care company based in Franklin,...
Georgia Power says hackers got into its customer portal and exposed names and the last four digits of Social Security numbers, and it is offering free Equifax monitoring
About 300,000 of Georgia Power’s 2.8 million customers had personal details exposed after hackers got into the utility’s online customer portal, the company said October...
The FTC sued Digital Forensics Corp. and CEO Dmitry Belkin, alleging the firm charged sextortion victims $1,499 to $20,000 each and took in at least $60 million
The Federal Trade Commission says a company that promised to stop sextortion threats took at least $60 million from people already in crisis. The agency...
A bank stopped $158,000 in checks in a romance scam on a 77-year-old; a Georgia man got 33 months and owes $196,500
A 77-year-old woman in western New York was told to mail two checks totaling $158,000 to pay a fine in a romance scam, and her...
Utah prosecutors say a Taylorsville market gave a $315 check for $374 in SNAP charges; its co-owner faces a second-degree felony
A personal check for $315 sits at the center of a felony case against the co-owner of a Taylorsville grocery. Prosecutors say an informant ran...
FTC sent 9,419 refund checks to Trend Deploy PPE buyers that must be cashed within 90 days
The Federal Trade Commission has mailed 9,419 refund checks to people who bought masks and other protective equipment from Trend Deploy during the pandemic, and...
The consumer bureau backed a national financial literacy strategy on October 2 that names scams and fraud education one of four federal priorities
On October 2 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its support for the 2026 update of the National Strategy for Financial Literacy, a federal plan...
The SEC says a California adviser kept winning trades and gave clients the losers
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued an Encinitas, California, investment adviser on October 6, saying he kept the winning trades from his clients’ block orders...
A cyberattack on bank auditor Mercadien exposed data on 402,741 people, and nine banks and credit unions including Orrstown Bank have confirmed customers were hit
Mercadien, a Hamilton, New Jersey firm that audits banks and credit unions, told the Indiana attorney general in February that an intruder took personal data...
A court appointed a receiver on October 8 to liquidate four funds run by New York adviser SQN Capital and ordered its chief executive to pay a $200,000 SEC penalty over what the agency says were inflated valuations
A federal court in New York appointed a receiver on October 8 to liquidate four investment funds run by SQN Capital Management, and ordered the...
A $750,000 settlement with retirement-plan administrator PARS would pay about 23,337 data breach victims around $19 each, automatically, with opt-outs due December 1
About 23,337 people whose names and Social Security numbers may have been taken in a March 2024 cyberattack on Public Agency Retirement Services, known as...
Americold employees and job applicants notified of two data breaches have until October 22 to claim, with up to $25,000 for documented losses
People notified of either of two Americold data breaches have until October 22, ten days from now, to file a claim in a $5,250,000 class-action...
AT&T’s breach settlement cleared about 3.92 million claims on October 2 and rejected 1,099,732, including 804,381 flagged as fraudulent, with no money moving until the November 2 appeal window closes
A federal judge in Texas approved AT&T’s $177 million data breach settlement on October 2, and the claims count that came with the order shows...
CBIZ’s data breach settlement for a 19,990-person class is taking claims until Dec. 24
A mailed postcard carrying a LoginID and a PIN is the only key to a $485,000 settlement over a 2024 data breach at CBIZ, the...
Carter Federal Credit Union breach settlement claims are due Nov. 19
People whose Social Security, account or card numbers sat in files taken from Carter Federal Credit Union in June 2025 have until Nov. 19, 2026...