Royal Bank Customer Loses $1,734 During an E-Transfer
A Royal Bank of Canada customer, who had $1,734 stolen during an e-transfer, has warned that transferring money by email is much riskier than people realize. According to CBC News, the theft occurred when a fraudster intercepted an RBC e-transfer transaction and diverted the money to his own account at another bank. Anne Hoover from Peterborough, Ont., said...
Privacy Commissioner Investigating Allegations RBC Could Read Private Facebook Messages
The government has launched an investigation into claims that the Royal Bank of Canada had access to private Facebook messages of people using its app. According to the New York Times, Facebook allowed Spotify, Netflix, and RBC the ability to "read, write and delete users’ private messages, and to see all participants on a thread — privileges...
Documents Reveal NSA Tried Spying on Rogers, RBC
Previous Edward Snowden leaks already suggested that the NSA was busy infiltrating all major telecom networks in the world, and Canada was not an exception. In fact, the US spy agency specifically targeted Rogers and even collected data from Royal Bank of Canada customers, documents obtained by the Globe and Mail reveal. The newspaper obtained...