The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation #FDIC is an independent agency created by the #Congress to maintain #stability and public confidence in the nation's #financial system. We have no more independent agencies. #DOGE invaded the #FDIC today will be applying their atrocious #AI to plunder one of the last remaining secure #bank data and #statistics repositories. “The FDIC is a prudential #regulator, meaning for some banks it is the primary regulator enforcing all the capital requirements"
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Smishing Triad: Chinese eCrime Group Targets 121+ Countries, Introduces New Banking Phishing Kit
The Chinese eCrime group Smishing Triad has launched a global SMS phishing campaign targeting over 121 countries across various industries. Their infrastructure generates over one million page visits in 20 days, averaging 50,000 daily. The group has introduced a new 'Lighthouse' phishing kit focusing on banking and financial organizations, particularly in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Smishing Triad claims to have '300+ front desk staff worldwide' supporting their operations. They frequently rotate domains, with approximately 25,000 active during any 8-day period. The majority of phishing sites are hosted by Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba. The campaign primarily targets postal, logistics, telecommunications, transportation, finance, retail, and public sectors.
Pulse ID: 67f80a4937d04f9036252cf7
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67f80a4937d04f9036252cf7
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-04-10 18:13:29
Be advised, this data is unverified and should be considered preliminary. Always do further verification.
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#Hackers #Spied on 100 US #Bank Regulators' Emails for Over a Year - Slashdot https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/09/0034251/hackers-spied-on-100-us-bank-regulators-emails-for-over-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
news.slashdot.orgHackers Spied on 100 US Bank Regulators' Emails for Over a Year - SlashdotHackers intercepted about 103 bank regulators' emails for more than a year, gaining access to highly sensitive financial information, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter and a draft letter to Congress. From the report: The attackers were able to monitor employ...
Stelle Dein #Girokonto niemals für Dritte zur Verfügung! Du kannst Dich schnell strafbar machen.
Die Verbraucherzentralen warnen vor nur scheinbar lukrativen (Stellen-) Angeboten für Finanztransaktionen über das eigene #Konto bei einer #Bank oder #Sparkasse.
Versprochen wird oft eine hohe Provision und/oder Festbetrag pro Transaktion/#Überweisung.
Dahinter stehen Kriminelle! Du kannst wegen #Geldwäsche oder nicht erlaubter Erbringung von Zahlungsdiensten bestraft werden und Schadenersatz leisten müssen.
Also Finger weg von solchen Angeboten, egal wo sie Dir begegnen!
Verbraucherzentrale Schleswig-HolsteinFinanztransfers für Dritte: Warnung vor Jobangeboten | Verbraucherzentrale Schleswig-HolsteinImmer wieder stoßen Verbraucher:innen im Internet auf lukrative Stellenangebote, bei denen sie Finanztransaktionen für Kund:innen eines Unternehmens durchführen sollen. Achtung: Sie können sich bei solchen Tätigkeiten strafbar machen!
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Specifically, #ToddBlanche said the #Justice Dept will largely not bring cases that violate the #Bank Secrecy Act or contain unregistered #broker dealer violations & other registry requirements under the #Commodity #Exchange Act.
The memo said the National #Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team would be disbanded effective immediately.
@maexchen1 @tagesschau @Kampfteppich
Es ist größer, viel größer ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2025/1/30/the-palestine-laboratory-ep-1
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2025/2/6/the-palestine-laboratory-ep
>"[...] the mix of weapons, surveillance technology and architectural techniques that combine to create a comprehensive system for controlling ‘difficult’ populations and are based on years of experience in Palestine.”
Al JazeeraThe Palestine Laboratory – EP 1Uncovering how Israel profits from surveillance technologies using occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground.
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The thing that happens is, I create a new unique address for a business I'm dealing with. I put the company's name in the local-part of the email address I give them (that's the part before the "@" symbol in an email address).
And then they contact me demanding to know why (or how) I'm using "their" email. They see their company name or domain name in the local-part of my address and get incensed, thinking it's impossible, or illegal even. It makes no sense; would the greeting card mafia have a case against a big webmail provider if one of their users created the "hallmark@BigWebmailProviderDomain" address?
On more than one occasion, I have picked up the phone to find someone YELLING at me about "hacking their server" because of this.
I spend some time explaining it to them. Half the time, they kinda/sorta get it and calm down. The other half refuse to even stop yelling and think about what I'm telling them.
And this isn't some random one-person business I'm dealing with. Today, it was *my bank* that called me to demand to know why my support request email address had "their email" in it.
You would hope a bank, operating an online banking site, would have staff that have at least a passing familiarly with email and the internet. But nope.
To make it worse, this is actually the second time my bank has gotten upset about it.
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#Context is everything. TLAs change and evolve.
#ATM was a robo-#bank. Now, it's this little slice of now.
#TMI used to be the setting for a #nuclear #accident. Now, it's more than you want to know.
#MCP was what some of us might call a masculine-presenting anti-#feminist. Now, it's how various flavors of #AI can tell each other #stories.
Re-Post: Online-Banking und Banking-Apps machen immer größere Fortschritte im Komfort, aber der Datenschutz bleibt dabei leider fast immer auf der Strecke. Einige Banken sind aber auch empfehlenswert. 
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/der-grosse-online-banking-und-tan-app-test/
www.kuketz-blog.deDer große Online-Banking- und TAN-App-TestOnline-Banking und Banking-Apps machen immer größere Fortschritte im Komfort, aber der Datenschutz bleibt dabei leider fast immer auf der Strecke.
I recently opened an account at Bank Zero, and let me tell you, it’s a refreshing change from the usual banking experience. There’s no hassle, no red tape, and the support bankers are incredibly efficient, professional and top-notch, should you even need them. Highly recommend it! #Banks #Bank #Banksters #SouthAfrica #BankZero
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Hi @internetarchiveeurope,
welcome to #SEPA-land! Do you already have a #bank account where I can point standing order #donations to?
How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked: This is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.
More and more hackers are targeting regular people with the goal of breaking into their bank accounts, stealing their crypto, or simply stalking them. These types of attacks are still relatively rare, so there’s no need for alarm. […]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/how-to-tell-if-your-online-accounts-have-been-hacked/
TechCrunch · How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked | TechCrunchThis is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.
Could it be possible that Mastercard and Visa might consider leaving Europe at some point in the future?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22963433/visa-mastercard-suspend-services-russia-ukraine
The Verge · Visa and Mastercard suspend their services in Russia
Someone here suggested WERO, we read about it and have just activated it in our bank. It was very simple and took 2 or 3 clicks.
An all-in-one digital wallet solution:
Wero is a new European payment system designed to modernize the way we handle transactions across the continent. Launched in 2024, it aims to unify various national payment solutions into a single platform.
Wero is the brainchild of the European Payments Initiative (EPI), a consortium of 16 European banks. The initiative was born out of a need to create a sovereign and unified payment solution for Europe, reducing dependence on non-European payment systems like Visa & Mastercard.
With Wero, sending money to friends and family will be much easier because it allows you to send and receive €€ instantly using just an email address, phone number, or QR code. No more IBANS, 3 days of waiting to receive 
etc.
It's also a good alternative for Paypal 
and it is designed to replace several national payment solutions, including Giropay 
, Paylib 
, Payconiq 
and iDEAL 
which not always work cross-borders.
The roadmap is full of features to be implemented like online and in-store payment.
For the moment, it's available only in Germany, France and Belgium.
Website: https://wero-wallet.eu
wero-wallet.euWero - Digital payment walletExperience fast and secure digital payments with Wero’s wallet, enabling you to send and receive money between bank accounts in under 10 seconds.
"Union Investment, die Fondsgesellschaft der Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken, will ab 2025 die Förderung fossiler Energieträger aus ihren nachhaltigen Fonds ausschließen und in herkömmlichen Fonds schrittweise einschränken. Kohleförderung soll in nachhaltigen Produkten ab Januar tabu sein, die Förderung von Öl und Gas ab April."
https://www.ecoreporter.de/artikel/union-investment-will-nicht-mehr-in-%C3%B6l-und-gasf%C3%B6rderung-investieren/
Wo wechsel ich denn nun mal mit dem Giro hin? Mit dem Gemeinschaftskonto sind wir mittlerweile bei der Ethikbank und die sind durchaus sympathisch (und haben zur Begrüßung eine handgeschriebene Karte geschickt). Die Umweltbank plant für Mitte 2025 ein Girokonto, und Tomorrow ist zwar prinzipiell interessant, nutzt aber Solaris als BaaS. #bank
Is it really #Wise ... to ever use #AmazonPayment ?
"If your Wise account details are or have been entered into #Amazon Seller Central, Amazon may ask us to send them details about you, your accounts, #payments from those accounts since 1st January 2015, "
" If you do not wish for Wise to provide the above information to Amazon, you should not provide your Wise account details to Amazon"
(Anyone read the full Wise t&c?)
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If demand-reduction is the preferred method of #inflation control, there are much better ways to achieve this: eg, #taxtherich, & use #credit policy to reduce #commercial #bank lending to damaging or unnecessary forms of production that we want to scale down anyhow.
Zum inneren #Frieden finden, das ist einfach auf einer solchen #Bank. Daher habe ich dieses #Aquarell für heute Abend gewählt. Irgendwo im #Schwarzwald lud sie mich zum #Ausruhen ein und später auch dazu, sie zu #malen. Eine recht #Gutenacht Euch und kommt gut zur #Ruhe !
"The majority of South African banks have been found to handle consumer complaints unsatisfactorily, according to a report by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA)." #Bank #Banksters #SouthAfrica https://mybroadband.co.za/news/technology/587553-south-african-banks-raked-over-the-coals-over-consumer-complaints.html
mybroadband.co.zaSouth African banks raked over the coals over consumer complaintsSouth African banks have been found to not satisfactorily handle consumer complaints according to the financial regulator.