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"DFS Superintendent Harris Announces $30 Million Penalty on Robinhood Crypto for Significant Anti-money Laundering, Cybersecurity & Consumer Protection Violations"

2022-08-02 [vendor] Robinhood fined
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Incident Details

The New York Department of Financial Services levied a $30 million fine against Robinhood, an app used for stock trading that has also branched into crypto. According to the DFS, Robinhood Crypto demonstrated “significant failures” in its anti-money laundering and cybersecurity obligations.Robinhood Crypto had certified to the DFS in 2019 that they were in compliance with those regulations, despite the fact that they were not. The DFS imposed a $30 million fine to the company, and also ordered them to hire an outside party to evaluate their regulatory compliance and efforts to remediate the problems with their platform.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Regulatory / legal action
Vendor / Product
Robinhood fined

Timeline

  1. 2022-08-02 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-08-02 Publicly disclosed