Department of Justice

Rapper Who Bragged About Defrauding US CARES Act Program Could Face Up to 22 Years in Prison

A rapper who bragged about fleecing the US Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) on YouTube was arrested for allegedly defrauding the…

2 months ago

FBI Arrests Russian ‘Tourist’ for Offering $1 million to US Employee to Plant Malware on Company Network

Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, a 27-year-old Russian national, was arrested by FBI after conspiring to bribe a US company employee to…

3 months ago

Former Uber Exec Faces Eight Years in Prison over Cover-Up of 2016 Hack

Uber’s former chief security officer, who allegedly paid off hackers to keep a massive data breach secret, has been charged…

4 months ago

San Diego Resident Receives 46 Months after Pleading Guilty to Million-Dollar Scam Involving the Stolen Identities of Military Members

A 32-year old California man was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a million-dollar scheme…

5 months ago

eBay Employees Charged With Cyberstalking Critics

eBay’s tumble into an ignoble existence has been fast and furious. This past week we saw six former eBay executives…

6 months ago

DoJ Calls for Mandatory Data Breach Reporting to Law Enforcement

Should law enforcement agencies be alerted every time a potential breach occurs? The  DoJ thinks so. At a hearing on…

8 months ago

AlphaBay Dark Web Market Moderator Faces up to 20 Years in Prison

Dark web marketplace moderator Bryan Connor Herrell pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiring to engage in a racketeer-influenced…

10 months ago

GozNym cyberattackers sentenced in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the sentencing of three members of the network behind the GozNym cyberattacks on…

12 months ago

FBI announces $5 million bounty for information on Russian hackers behind Dridex attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that the State Department, in partnership with the FBI, have set a reward…

1 year ago

U.S. AG Wants Legal Back Door to All Facebook Postings (and Everything Else)

When it comes to encryption, we are having another Groundhog Day. The U.S., UK and Australian governments are pressuring Facebook…

1 year ago