Department of Justice (DOJ)
Meta, Microsoft, DOJ, and Others Disrupt Southeast Asia Scam Compounds
The DOJ, Microsoft, Meta, and other international law enforcement agencies and private-sector companies launched a sprawling initiative targeting scam compound operators running various investment and cryptocurrency schemes, resulting in the freezing of ...
Americans Sentenced for Hosting Laptop Farms for N. Korean Worker Scams
Two more U.S. citizens were sent to prison for their roles in hosting laptop farms for North Korea's pernicious IT worker scams, which cheat U.S. companies of millions of dollars they pay ...
Iran-Linked Threat Group Hacks FBI Director Kash Patel’s Personal Email
Iran-linked threat group Handala hacked into the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel, posting photos of him and links to documents found in the account. The DOJ confirmed the attack, ...
DOJ Disrupts Botnets, But DDoS Threats Remain, Security Pros Warn
The DOJ put a dent into the rising number of DDoS attacks this month when it dismantled the infrastructure used by four prominent IoT botnets, but security pros are warning that while ...
31 More Charged in Massive ATM Jackpotting Scheme Linked to Tren de Aragua Gang
The DOJ indicted 31 people accused of participating in an ATM jackpotting scheme in which the venerable Ploutus malware was used to help steal more than $5 million from machines around the ...
4 U.S. Citizens, Ukrainian Plead Guilty in N. Korea IT Worker Scheme
Four U.S. citizens and a Ukrainian national pleaded guilty to their roles in a North Korean IT worker scam that victimized more than 135 U.S. companies and netted more than $2.2 million ...
DOJ Seizes $2.8 Million, Indicts Alleged Zeppelin Ransomware Operator
U.S. authorities seized $2.8 million crypto and $70,000 from Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko, who they say used the Zeppelin ransomware to attack companies in the United States and elsewhere and then laundered the ...
U.S. Woman Sentenced to 8.5 Years for Role in North Korean Worker Scam
Christina Marie Chapman, an Arizona resident, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for her role in a wide-ranging North Korean IT worker scam that sent $17 million to the outlaw country ...
U.S. Target North Korean IT Worker Scams with Raids, Indictments
The DOJ announced a far-reaching operation that aimed to knock out a substantial number of North Korean IT worker scams that have victimized more than 100 U.S. companies that unwittingly hired North ...
DOJ Charges 324 in Sprawling $14.6 Billion Health Care Fraud Scams
The DOJ and other U.S. agencies has charged 324 people, including medical professionals and pharmacists, in connection with a series of investigations into health care fraud, with one investigation dubbed Operation Gold ...
