Verizon Communications has agreed to a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents its wholly-owned subsidiary, TracFone Wireless, suffered after its acquisition in 2021. […]
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The US government has imposed sanctions on two Russian cybercriminals for cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. […]
The Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals for using DDoSia, a distributed denial of service platform operated by pro-Russian hacktivists, to conduct DDoS attacks against governments and organizations in NATO countries. […]
Thousands of pedophiles who download and share child sexual abuse material (CSAM) were identified through information-stealing malware logs leaked on the dark web, highlighting a new dimension of using stolen credentials in law enforcement investigations. […]
The U.S. indicted Russian national Amin Timovich Stigal for his alleged role in cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian government computer networks in an operation from the Russian foreign military intelligence agency (GRU) prior to invading the country. […]
Four Vietnamese nationals linked to the international cybercrime group FIN9 have been indicted for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies in the U.S. […]
A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men for their involvement in the operation of Jetflicks, one of the largest and most popular illegal streaming services in the United States. […]
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in US federal court against Adobe and two executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for deceptive practices related to their subscription plans. […]
Two men have pleaded guilty to hacking into a federal law enforcement database to steal personal information of those they were extorting. […]
Two men have been charged in a Chicago federal court for operating “Empire Market,” a dark web marketplace that facilitated over $430 million in illegal transactions between February 2018 and August 2020. […]