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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- Oct 21
- 2 min
'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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
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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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Seattle Trial May Test Breadth of Federal Anti-Hacking Law
Nearly three years after the disclosure of one of the largest U.S. data breaches, the former Amazon employee accused of stealing...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 2
- 2 min
Iran Conducted Cyberattack On Boston Children's Hospital, FBI Says
Hackers working for the Iranian government last summer attempted to break into and damage computer systems at Boston Children's Hospital,...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 24
- 1 min
Federal Data Underestimates Ransomware Losses, Senators Say
The U.S. government lacks a complete picture of ransomware attacks that routinely cripple government and private sector networks, Roll...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 17
- 1 min
Lincoln College Closure Called 'Just Another Ransomware Milestone'
The closure of Lincoln College, a predominantly Black institution in Illinois, is "just another ransomware milestone," reports Governing....
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Crime and Justice News
- May 2
- 1 min
FBI Did 3.4 Million Data Searches, Many On Russian Hacking Threat
The FBI performed potentially millions of searches of electronic data last year without a warrant, U.S. intelligence officials said, a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Hackers Swipe $625M in Cryptocurrency From Axie Infinity
In a brazen attack on the popular video game Axie Infinity, hackers swiped $625 million in cryptocurrency, marking one of the largest...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Four Russians Charged with Widespread Hacking Campaign
The U.S. Justice Department announced charges in a yearslong hacking campaign aimed at thousands of computers in the U.S. and abroad to...
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