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US prosecutors lay out charges connected to huge JPMorgan hack

US prosecutors have unveiled charges against three men accused of hacking into a host of major financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, and stealing the data of millions of people.

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15-year-old boy arrested in connection with TalkTalk hack

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the hack on mobile operator TalkTalk, which put the banking details of millions of people at risk.

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EU's top court rules in favour of tax-exempt bitcoin

The European Court of Justice has ruled that bitcoin and other virtual currency transactions should be exempt from value added tax.

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Corrupt Silk Road agent gets 78-month prison sentence

Corrupt former DEA agent Carl Force has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to a three-count charge of money laundering related to the theft of hundreds of thousands dollars in digital currency during the Silk Road bust.

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US Marshals to auction off final Silk Road bitcoin haul

The United States Marshals Service is preparing to auction off the final 44,341 bitcoins - worth around $10.8 million at current prices - seized in connection with the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

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BofA files for cryptocurrency-based wire transfer system patent

Bank of America has filed a US patent application for a system and method that uses cryptocurrency technology for wire transfers.

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Morgan Stanley advisor pleads guilty over data breach

A former Morgan Stanley staffer fired by the bank for downloading confidential information on hundreds of thousands of customers to a home server could face five years in prison after a guilty plea.

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BitPay loses $1.8m in phishing attack

BitPay lost $1.8 million in a phishing attack late last year, according to lawsuit filed by the bitcoin payment processing firm against an insurer it is trying to get to cover some of the losses.

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Judge paves way for banks to sue Target over data breach

A US judge has given a group of banks the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit against Target over the massive 2013 data breach at the US retail chain.

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SEC reaches $30m settlement over press release hacking case

A Ukrainian investment banking firm and its CEO have agreed to pay $30 million to settle SEC charges that they profited from trading on information hacked from newswire services.

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Aussie court slaps $18 million fine on Visa for anti-competitive practices

The Australian Federal Court has ordered Visa to pay $18 million in fines for freezing out rival currency conversion services on terminals that use its cards.

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Federal agent pleads guilty to looting Silk Road cash

A former US Secret Service agent has pleaded guilty to stealing $820,000 worth of bitcoin during the investigation into the Silk Road dark bazaar.

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Dark pool lawsuit against Barclays dismissed by US judge

A US district court judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against Barclays and a number of US exchanges that accused the bank of rigging its dark pool in favour of high frequency traders (HFTs).

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'Flash crash' trader granted bail

The British futures trader accused by US authorities of contributing to the 2010 "flash crash" has been freed on bail by a London court.

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US charges nine over insider trading hacking scheme

US authorities have charged nine people with hacking into business newswires to steal yet-to-be published press releases containing financial information that was used to make trades netting around $30 million in illegal profits.

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Tech firm Ubiquiti hit by $46.7m cyber-fraud

American technology firm Ubiquiti Networks has revealed that it fell victim to a social engineering trick that saw crooks make off with $46.7 million.

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Appeals court revives Visa, MasterCard ATM fee lawsuits

In a bad day in court for the card firms, a federal appeals court has revived ATM access fee litigation against Visa and MasterCard, while in a separate case a judge has rejected American Express's interchange fee class action settlement.

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Karpeles arrested; former Mt Gox employee spills beans on shady business dealings

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested Mark Karpeles, the former head of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox over accusations that he siphoned off $1 million in customer funds to his own bank account.

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Fraud arrests linked to JPMorgan hack

Authorities in the US and Israel have arrested four people in connection with fraud schemes linked to last year's huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase.

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EU court advisor says bitcoin should be exempt from VAT

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin should be exempt from value-added tax (VAT), according to a European Court of Justice lawyer.