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Sexual harassment investigations are underway, say legal regulators – 4 July 2018
Two of Australia’s state-based legal services commissions have confirmed that investigations into sexual harassment in the legal profession are happening, despite an acknowledged under-reporting of complaints to those bodies.
The IRS just launched an international coalition to investigate cryptocurrency tax crime – 4 July 2018
In response to a request by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to reduce tax crime, the IRS formed the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5), a coalition between five countries aimed at investigating cryptocurrency crimes, including tax fraud and money laundering.
PwC Ordered to Pay $625 Million in Damages Over Bank’s Audit – 3 July 2018
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ordered to pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. more than $625 million for negligence in the audit of Colonial BancGroup Inc., an Alabama bank holding company that failed during the financial crisis. The firm didn’t design its audits to detect fraud or gather enough evidence of its funding to sign reports.
Beware of digital pickpockets: How to secure cryptographic keys – 3 July 2018
Overall cryptocurrency values have skyrocketed over the past few years. With this comes a major financial incentive for cyber criminals to design malicious code and sophisticated hacking tools to harvest cryptocurrency coins. Article describes six key considerations to help secure and protect cryptographic keys:
https://www.cso.com.au/article/643273/beware-digital-pickpockets-how-secure-cryptographic-keys/
