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Feds Seek Renewal Of Surveillance Law, Cite Success In Hacking Case
Intelligence obtained in a surveillance program due to lapse this year helped U.S. investigators solve a 2021 cyberattack that prompted...
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Jun 14, 20232 min read
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Dallas Police, Courts Plagued By Ongoing Ransomware Attack
Dallas police are struggling to access physical and digital evidence amid an ongoing ransomware attack that is disrupting trials,...
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May 22, 20232 min read
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U.S. Charges Russian Hacker In Ransomware Conspiracies
The U.S. is charging a Russian hacker accused of targeting hospitals, schools, and police departments in New Jersey, and Washington,...
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May 17, 20232 min read
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AI Helps Scammers Break Into Corporate Computer Networks
A sales director in India for tech security firm Zscaler got a call seemingly from the company’s chief executive. As his cellphone...
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May 12, 20232 min read
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U.S. Says It Disabled Russian Cyberespionage Operation 'Snake'
Federal law enforcement officials said they have hacked and disabled a complex Russian cyberespionage operation that was used for about...
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May 10, 20231 min read
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International Coalition Takes Down Hacking Marketplace
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies took down one of the most user-friendly digital marketplaces for hacked data —...
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Apr 6, 20232 min read
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FBI Arrests 'Pompompurin' in Potentially Big 'Device Fraud' Case
The FBI arrested a 19-year-old New York man accused of running one of the most notorious underground marketplaces for criminals to buy...
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Mar 20, 20232 min read
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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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Mar 2, 20232 min read
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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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Feb 28, 20231 min read
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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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Feb 22, 20232 min read
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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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Jan 27, 20232 min read
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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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Dec 28, 20222 min read
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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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Dec 12, 20222 min read
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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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Nov 1, 20222 min read
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'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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Oct 21, 20222 min read
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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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Oct 18, 20222 min read
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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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Oct 6, 20221 min read
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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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Oct 3, 20221 min read
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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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Sep 30, 20222 min read
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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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Sep 15, 20222 min read
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