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Weekly Roundup: Fintrac Investigates ‘Cyber Event,’ US Officials Warn Austrian Bank, and More

The Financial Intelligence and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada concluded in a statement Friday that an investigation did not find evidence showing that the agency lost any information as a result of an unspecified "cyber event." More Fintrac's shutdown of a online portal for flagging suspicious transactions in response to the cyber event raised concerns that fraud and other financial crimes would go unreported, the Globe and Mail reported. More Security personnel escorted two officials out of Fintrac's offices in Ottawa two weeks before the agency discovered the cyber-related incident on March 3, the Toronto Star reported. More U.S. authorities...

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