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The State of Security |
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8329603 |
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2023-04-20 04:29:18 (vue: 2023-04-20 10:06:27) |
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La FTC accuse la société de paiement d'avoir sciemment aidé les escrocs de support technologique FTC accuses payments firm of knowingly assisting tech support scammers |
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La société de traitement des paiements multinationales Nexway a été frappée à travers les articulations par les autorités américaines, qui affirment que l'entreprise a sciemment traité les paiements de carte de crédit frauduleux au nom des escrocs de soutien technologique.Une plainte de la Federal Trade Commission (FTC) soutient que Nexway et ses filiales ont enfreint la loi en aidant les escrocs à tricher de l'argent des consommateurs sans méfiance.Les victimes ont été amenées à croire que leur ordinateur était infecté par des logiciels malveillants et que l'escroc (faisant souvent semblant d'être un technicien de support Microsoft) les aiderait à le réparer.Selon la FTC, Nexway est coupable de ...
Multinational payment processing firm Nexway has been rapped across the knuckles by the US authorities, who claim that the firm knowingly processed fraudulent credit card payments on behalf of tech support scammers. A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint argues that Nexway and its subsidiaries broke the law by helping scammers cheat money from unsuspecting consumers. Victims were tricked into believing that their computer was malware-infected and that the scammer (often pretending to be a Microsoft support technician) would help them fix it. According to the FTC, Nexway is guilty of... |
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