US Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC nearly doubles cryptocurrency cop roles in special cyber unit

Policing digital assets sounds more Mission Impossible than NCIS

Cyber-crime03 May 2022 | 6

Uncle Sam probes Activision for any insider trading

Troubled games maker reveals investigation amid Microsoft takeover

Personal Tech18 Apr 2022 |

Elon Musk won't join Twitter's board after all

Management promises it will keep listening, and Elon shows no sign of going quiet

Personal Tech11 Apr 2022 | 49

Block claims ex-employee downloaded customer data after leaving firm

Leak highlights worker offboarding policies as SaaS use grows

Security06 Apr 2022 | 10

Baidu added to list of Chinese companies facing US stock exchange delisting

Vid-streamer iQIYI also earns a place

SaaS31 Mar 2022 |

SPAC sponsors could soon be held liable for over-hyping to investors

US watchdog may do something about so-called blank-check IPO capers

Legal30 Mar 2022 | 9

Three Twilio developers charged with insider trading

Crew alleged to have banked over $1m thanks to pandemic-induced usage bumps

Legal29 Mar 2022 | 11

Weibo faces US stock exchange delisting

China's Twitter analog is latest in SEC crosshairs over audits

Legal24 Mar 2022 | 3

SEC proposes four-day rule for public companies to report cyberattacks

And it'll be in an 8-K for all to see

Security09 Mar 2022 | 3

BitConnect boss accused of $2.4bn crypto-Ponzi fraud has disappeared

Where in the world is Carm, sorry, Satish Kumbhani?

Personal Tech02 Mar 2022 | 30

Study says SEC 10-K not fit for purpose when it comes to Big Tech, and the companies are using that to their advantage

Regulatory body needs method to account for business models that monetize free services

Off-Prem14 Dec 2021 | 9

The SEC is investigating whistleblower claims that Tesla was reckless as its solar panels go up in smoke

Tens of thousands of homeowners and hundreds of businesses were at risk, lawsuit claims

On-Prem06 Dec 2021 | 5

Now America's financial watchdog probes 'frat house' Activision Blizzard

Plus: Chief Legal Officer exits as court battles loom

Personal Tech21 Sep 2021 | 3

SEC takes legal action after crowdfunded marijuana investment scheme appears to go up in smoke

Platform and individuals charged in first case of its kind

Legal21 Sep 2021 | 19

Twitter offers to cough up 80 days of annual sales to settle 'false' user count lawsuit

Web biz proposes $800m to disappear accusations of over-promising audience size to investors

Personal Tech20 Sep 2021 | 4

App Annie fined $10m by the SEC for deceptive practices around how it presented data

Analytics firm will neither admit nor deny the findings

Legal15 Sep 2021 | 6

Crypto-coin startup said its bot could generate huge profits from your Bitcoin. It was a scam, says SEC

Founder and promoter accused of running 'Ponzi-like scheme'

Personal Tech03 Sep 2021 | 30

SEC still digging into SolarWinds fallout, nudges undeclared victims

US markets watchdog sniffs around potential insider trading, data violations relating to hack

Security22 Jun 2021 | 6

School teacher accused of pocketing $1m+ in insider trading using tips from Silicon Valley pal

One of six guys charged over Infinera, Fortinet securities

Security16 Jun 2021 | 10

You were supposed to be watching him. Letters from SEC claim Tesla breached deal to police Elon Musk's tweets

2020 missives from American securities regulator to car firm revealed

Offbeat02 Jun 2021 | 17

Cisco reveals a probe of 'self-enrichment scheme' involving ex-employees in China

Also lifts lid on allegations former workers paid staffers of 'state-owned enterprises'

Networks18 Feb 2021 | 3

SEC: If you want to easily crowdfund investment in your business, knock yourself out, all the way to $5m

Rules loosened by regulator, concerns raised they favor the rich

Science04 Nov 2020 |

Former antivirus baron John McAfee collared, faces extradition to America on tax evasion, securities allegations

He paid more or less than $750, though?

Security06 Oct 2020 | 111

SEC drags Silicon Valley AI upstart to court over claims of made-up revenues, investors swindled out of $11m

No, surely not, no way, we're utterly shocked

AI + ML22 Jul 2020 | 3

Never thought we'd write this headline: Under Siege Steven Seagal is not Above The Law, must fork out $314,000 after boosting crypto-coin biz

D-list cinematic eye-gouger catches heat for million-dollar funbucks bung

Science27 Feb 2020 | 41

Fake docs rock real docs: Ex-Wall St guy accused of conning medics out of £27m for bogus cryptocurrency fund using faked paperwork

He spent the dosh on himself rather than invest it as promised, prosecutors claim

Science12 Feb 2020 | 26

IT isn't supposed to stand for Insider Trading... Palo Alto Networks sysadmin and pals accused of $7m shares caper

Techie allegedly fed secret financial info to buddies ahead of public release

Networks18 Dec 2019 | 11

Colorado cryptocoin execs spark up blunt '$722m ponzi scheme' criminal charges after investments go up in smoke

Dude, pass the indictment

Science11 Dec 2019 | 13

Infosys confirms SEC probe, says India's SEBI also wants a word

Plus a class action sueball – it's been a busy 24 hours for Indian outsourcer

On-Prem24 Oct 2019 | 1

WeWork, but We don't IPO: Self-styled techie boarding house calls off cursed stock offering

The worst thing to happen to them since the last thing

On-Prem30 Sep 2019 | 41

Cryptocurrency lovers slip US watchdog $7m to make claims of ripping off investors, other rule breaking simply vanish

Meanwhile, SEC takes on Kik on similar charges

Science13 Aug 2019 | 3

US insurers face SEC probe over web-access bungle that exposed 'up to 885 million' files

But it claims just 32 people had 'non-public' info disclosed. Eh?

Security13 Aug 2019 | 18

While on his way to the clink, IT consultancy big cheese will cough up that $2.9m he embezzled

Nandu Thondavadi reaches agreement with America's financial watchdog

On-Prem31 Jul 2019 | 5

Delicious irony: Hacked medical debt collector AMCA files for bankruptcy protection from debt collectors

The tables are turned, database tables that is

Security18 Jun 2019 | 36

Bloody awful: Hell-thcare hackers break into databases of 20m medical test biz patients

Outsourced silos of personal info raided, at least 200,000 payment details swiped

Security05 Jun 2019 | 14

SEC says no to Amazon bid to stop shareholders voting on use of facial recognition system

Proposal seeking to halt sale of Rekognition to US agencies to be heard at annual meeting

Science08 Apr 2019 | 22

Head of Apple's insider trading program charged with… you guessed it... insider trading

US financial watchdog, prosecutors overdose on irony

On-Prem13 Feb 2019 | 33

EDGAR Wrong: Ukrainians hacked SEC, stole docs for inside trading, says Uncle Sam

Crooks banked $270,000 in just one move, it is claimed

Security15 Jan 2019 | 11

Uncle Sam wants tech toolkit to snoop social media stock scammers

Pumpers and dumpers, flash crashers and other miscreants under the SEC's spotlight

Security05 Sep 2018 | 6

IT biz embezzlement brouhaha leaves bloke with $456k migraine

Backer charged in connection with alleged $4.1m corporate fraud scandal

Security23 Jul 2018 | 9

Four US govt agencies poke probe in Facebook following more 'oops, we spilled your data' shocks

Giving dozens of devs access to profiles suddenly looks dumb

Security03 Jul 2018 | 30

The strange tale of an energy biz that suddenly became a blockchain upstart – and $1.4m now forfeited in sold shares

Two blokes charged by SEC settle out of court

On-Prem02 Jul 2018 | 19

CEO of struggling storage biz Tintri quits

SEC filing shows company up the creek and sans paddle

Storage19 Jun 2018 | 10

Tintri teeters on the edge of oblivion

Management faces the ghoulish and grisly truth

Storage18 Jun 2018 | 7

Thought the AT&T Time-Warner tie-up was scary? Comcast says 'hold my beer'

American cable giant offers $65bn for 21st Century Fox

Networks14 Jun 2018 | 16

A Spectre flaw solution, Cloudflare blips, a bank cyber-heist in Canada, and more in infosec land

Roundup Also, the SEC takes aim at another shady ICO

OSes02 Jun 2018 | 3

Real fake scam offers crypto-coin to replace frequent flier points

True lies from SEC designed to educate - hang on, what's the interest rate on this thing?

Legal17 May 2018 | 14

John McAfee ‘goes underground’ in motorcade to flee SEC

Babbles about subpoenas, corruption, corrupt pyramidal power structures and so much more

On-Prem16 May 2018 | 37

Equifax reveals full horror of that monstrous cyber-heist of its servers

146 million people, 99 million addresses, 209,000 payment cards, 38,000 drivers' licenses and 3,200 passports

Security08 May 2018 | 80

Facebook confesses: Buckle up, there's plenty more privacy lapses where that came from

It's a $460bn business with a free service… what did you think was going on?

Personal Tech27 Apr 2018 | 44

Yahoo! fined! $35m! for! covering! up! massive! IT! security! screwup!

Now, who wants to take a look at the revamped Yahoo Mail?

Security24 Apr 2018 | 24

US watchdog reckons blockchain bods Longfin were wrongfin, maybe this is their swansongfin

SEC cops crash crypto coin creeps' alleged crime caper

Science06 Apr 2018 | 7

Students: Duh, of course we're blowing our loan bucks on crypto coins

Still a better investment than art school or avocado toast

Science26 Mar 2018 | 22

Bad blood: Theranos CEO charged with massive fraud

'Next Steve Jobs' humiliated and ruined but avoids jail

Science14 Mar 2018 | 70

Stock trader gets two years in prison for pumping up with Fitbit

Using wearable to get wrong kind of gains get Big House visit

On-Prem12 Mar 2018 | 19

US authorities call on cryptocoin 'exchanges' to sign up for regulation

They walk and quack like an Exchange but SEC says don’t invest unless they follow rules like an Exchange

Science08 Mar 2018 | 7