FBI Arrests 'Pompompurin' in Potentially Big 'Device Fraud' Case
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Mar 2, 20232 min read
Biden Administration Issues New National Cybersecurity Strategy
Laws to establish liability for software companies that sell technology lacking cybersecurity protections are being pursued by the Biden...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Marshals Service Security Breach Showed Sensitive Information
The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information, senior U.S. law enforcement...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Will 2022 Drop In Ransomware Cases Continue?
Extortion payments from ransomware, a hacking scourge that has crippled hospitals, schools and public infrastructure, fell significantly...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 27, 20232 min read
FBI Decrypts Ransomware, Seizes 'Hive' Website
FBI agents infiltrated the servers of a notorious ransomware group to help victims take back control of their networks and block some...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Cyberattacks Surging At Hospitals, Endangering Some Patients
Hospitals are straining under increasing cyberattacks. Cyberattacks have long been treated as a lower level of warfare than missile...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Court Systems Work To Prevent, Recover From Cyber Attacks
Serious cyber incidents struck state courts in Alaska, Georgia and Texas in recent years, with one leaving Alaska’s courts a month...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 1, 20222 min read
White House Summit Doubles Down On Ransomware Attacks
Representatives from 36 foreign countries and the European Union gathered for a two-day summit hosted by the White House to discuss...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 21, 20222 min read
'Business Email Compromise' Losses Far Outpace Ransomware
A kind of cybercrime called “business email compromise" (BEC) is on the rise. Criminals pose as someone a victim trusts, such as their...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Ransomware Attack Causes Wide Disruption In Health System
This month, a ransomware attack on the second-largest U.S. nonprofit health system, CommonSpirit Health, left IT locked, delayed...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 6, 20221 min read
Former Uber Chief Security Officer Guilty Of Criminal Obstruction
A San Francisco jury found Uber’s former chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, guilty of criminal obstruction for failing to report a...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 3, 20221 min read
L.A. Schools Don't Pay Ransom; Hackers Release Data Illegally
Criminals who hacked the Los Angeles public school system released illegally obtained data over the weekend after the superintendent...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Former eBay Executive Gets Prison Term For Cyberstalking Campaign
James Baugh, a former eBay Inc. executive, pleaded guilty to being involved in a series of attacks against bloggers David and Ina Steiner...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 15, 20222 min read
Three Iranian Hackers Indicted For Cyber Ransomware Attacks
Iranians named Mansur Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi and Amir Hossein Nickaein were charged on Wednesday with launching cyberattacks against U.S...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Federal Officials Issue Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Guidance
A White House office is publishing guidelines on how federal agencies and government contractors will comply with President Biden’s order...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 7, 20221 min read
L.A. Public Schools Are Hit With Ransomware Attack
Officials are investigating a ransomware attack on the Los Angeles public school system. The Los Angeles Unified School District said the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Ransomware Companies Use Journalists To Pressure Their Targets
In June, journalists covering security found themselves in a difficult position. A ransomware gang, LockBit, claimed it hacked one of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Federal Courts Suffered 'Staggering' Cybersecurity Breach
The Justice Department is investigating a data breach of the federal courts system dating to early 2020. House Judiciary Committee Chair...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Hactivists Attack AR, KY Agencies to Protest Abortion Bans
An abortion rights hacktivist group says it launched cyberattacks against Arkansas and Kentucky state governments and leaked files from...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Hackers Breach, Try to Sell Data Of One Billion Chinese Citizens
Hackers say they’ve breached the data of one billion Chinese citizens from a Shanghai police database and offered it for sale, a leak...
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