The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized cryptocurrency and digital assets worth $1,091,453 at the time of confiscation, on January 9, 2024, from the BlackSuit ransomware gang. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
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The U.S. Federal Judiciary confirms that it suffered a cyberattack on its electronic case management systems hosting confidential court documents and is strengthening cybersecurity measures. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu has been extradited from France to the U.S. to face charges of hacking, fraud, and identity theft for suspected spearphishing attacks on U.S. tax preparation businesses. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
FBI Dallas has seized almost 23 Bitcoins from a cryptocurrency address belonging to a Chaos ransomware member that is linked to cyberattacks and extortion payments from Texas companies. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three North Korean nationals and a company for supporting fraudulent IT worker schemes that generated illicit revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) government. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee’s password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The suspected administrator of the Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is was arrested by the Ukrainian authorities yesterday at the request of the Paris public prosecutor’s office. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A 21-year old former U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty to charges of hacking and extorting at least ten telecommunications and technology companies in the country. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four people suspected of being involved in cyberattacks on major retailers in the country, including Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned cyber actor Song Kum Hyok for his association with North Korea’s hacking group Andariel and for facilitating IT worker schemes that generated revenue for the Pyongyang regime. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas