Department of Justice (DOJ)
DOJ Warns Using AI in Crimes Will Mean Harsher Sentences
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco last month was in the UK speaking at the University of Oxford and outlining the different paths the Justice Department is taking to address the benefits ...
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State Department Puts Up $10 Million for Info on LockBit Leaders
A day after U.S. and international law enforcement agencies disrupted the operations of notorious ransomware group LockBit, the State Department is offering up to $15 million in rewards for information about the ...
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DOJ Seizes Ransomware Site as BlackCat Threatens More Attacks
U.S. law enforcement agencies said they shut down the online operations of the notorious Russia-linked BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group and developed a decryption tool that will help more than 500 victims regain ...
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Qakbot Cracked: FBI and Friends Hack the Hackers
Richi Jennings | | aresloader, Black Basta Ransomware, botnet, botnets, Department of Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, Duck Hunt, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, justice department, loaders, Pinkslipbot, Qakbot, qakbot malware, Qbot, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Justice Department, United States Department of Justice, US Department of Justice, US FBI
Operation Duck Hunt shoots to kill big botnet ...
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DOJ Reorganizes Units to Better Fight Ransomware
The DOJ’s two-year-old National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) will merge with its Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) ...
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Hacker Stole $3B Bitcoin — Yes, ‘Crypto’ is Garbage
Richi Jennings | | A bunch of amateurs in a hurry to make a fast buck, Bitcoin, Crypto, cryptocurrencies, Department of Justice (DOJ), James Zhong, SB Blogwatch, Silk Road
James Zhong admitted to stealing 50,000 bitcoins from the former dark web market, Silk Road—the DoJ has the gory story ...
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Chinese Huawei ‘Spies’ Charged — FBI is Mad as Hell
Richi Jennings | | Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, FBI, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Huawei, SB Blogwatch, The only thing about this that surprises me is that they were blatant and clumsy enough to get caught
The Chinese government sent two spies to extract information about the U.S. case against Huawei. But they didn’t expect their contact to be a double agent ...
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New DoJ Strategic Plan Targets Cyberattacks, Ransomware
Nathan Eddy | | Cybersecurity, Department of Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), strategic planning
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) plans to make the prosecution of cybercriminals and the disruption of ransomware attacks key objectives of its new strategic plan, which includes the enhancement of ...
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MAJOR Justice Dept. Breach — ‘Time for Drastic Measures’
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, Authentication, Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, Doxbin, EPIC, Government Incompetence, It's pretty disgusting when GMail has better security than sensitive government databases, LEIA, MFA, NSS, SB Blogwatch
Criminals have access to Justice Department databases and can write fake data, as well as read highly sensitive info, we’re told ...
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Gotcha! Charges in REvil Attack, Feds Seize $6M
Teri Robinson | | Department of Justice (DOJ), Kaseya, RaaS, Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), REvil ransomwaare
The long arm of the law just reached out and dragged Yaroslav Vasinskyi into the American criminal justice system, readying charges against the Ukrainian man for a REvil ransomware attack against a ...
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