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While some may argue that credit unions' greatest vulnerability is to cybercrime, I disagree – it is in fact to internal fraud. CU Times has reported on a number of credit unions that failed due to internal fraud, while we have yet to see a credit union fail due to cybercrime. We have seen many fraud-related losses at credit unions as well due to poor internal controls, including inefficient processes and countless errors.

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