Tag: fbi
Are we overestimating the ransomware threat?
On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Justice Department said it has seized much of the cryptocurrency ransom that U.S. pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline paid last month to a Russian hacking collective called DarkSide by tracking the payment as it moved through different accounts belonging to the hacking group and finally breaking…
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Florida city attacked by a hacker trying to poison its drinking water
The FBI is investigating an attempt by an individual or group of hackers to poison a city’s water supply. In an announcement caught by the Tampa Bay Times, public officials from Oldsmar, Florida, a community located about 25 minutes north of Tampa, s… Source
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‘Stay home’ robocalls on Election Day prompt warnings, investigation
A scourge of robocalls urging Americans to “stay safe and stay home” has gotten the attention of the FBI and the New York attorney general over concerns of voter suppression. The brief message, which doesn’t specifically mention Election Day, has prompted New York Attorney General Letitia James to launch an investigation…
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US arrests two members of console hacking group Team Xecuter
Two members of Team Xecuter, a group that develops and sells devices that allow people to play pirated copies of games on their consoles, are in FBI custody. On Friday, the Department of Justice said Max Louarn, a 48-year-old French national, and Gar… Source
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Twitter removed 130 Iran-linked accounts during last night’s debate
Twitter has removed 130 accounts that appeared to originate from Iran and were attempting to disrupt public conversation around the 2020 US Presidential debate. The social network’s Support account has revealed the deletion on the platform. It also p… Source
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Judge rules FBI, NSA broke the law or court orders with data collection
If you were concerned that federal agents might play fast and loose with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Section 702 while gathering data, your worries were well-founded. The Washington Post reports that Foreign Intelligence Surveillance… Source
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