The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week issued an investigative report that outlined cyber incidents that nine public companies had experienced, causing fraudulent losses totaling more than $100 million. The conclusion of the report is that public companies “should consider cyber threats when implementing internal controls.”

The investigations focused on business email compromises where

Inogen, which manufactures portable oxygen devices, has alerted the Securities and Exchange Commission in a recent filing that it is notifying 30,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised when a hacker gained access to one of its employees’ email accounts through a phishing scheme.

The incident illustrates how the manufacturing sector is continuing to

In a ten page letter that previews the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) priorities for 2018, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and transactions involving cryptocurrencies. This follows previous warnings by both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and FINRA about the risks associated with investing in ICOs and virtual currencies, including Bitcoin. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

In its first lawsuit targeting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed fraud charges against the creator of the ICOs marketed as “REcoin” and “DRC.” The action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on September 29, 2017, alleges that Maksim Zaslavskiy, operating through two wholly owned companies, raised over $300,000 from investors based on false claims the digital “tokens” or “coins” being marketed were backed by investments in either real estate or diamonds. According to the SEC’s Complaint, not only were funds raised by the ICO not invested in any assets, the digital tokens did not actually exist. Despite representations by Zaslavskiy, no digital tokens and actually been developed or issued on a blockchain, leaving investors with no value in exchange for their payments.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has admitted that it was the victim of a cyberattack in 2016 that exposed information that may have been used for insider trading. The hack involved the SEC’s filing database, known as EDGAR. The admission was on the heels of a Government and Accountability Office report in July that

On Friday, October 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a vote of 3-1, adopted rules designed to implement a 2012 law that allows start-ups to use crowd funding to generate investments in their companies.

Starting in the middle of 2016, businesses will be able to legally sell stock online to investors. This

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled its first cybersecurity-related enforcement action against a Missouri based registered investment adviser, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (Investment Advisor).  The Investment Advisor was censured and fined $75,000 for failing to have acceptable written policies and procedures regarding its customer records and information in place prior to

In its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Fred’s Inc. disclosed this week that a security firm found malware in its system that was designed to lift customer credit card information. Although it appears from reports that the hackers may have had access to customer credit card information, the security firm