After Years of Taunts, Brash Leader of LockBit Charged by US May 8, 2024 By Ryan Gallagher and Jamie Tarabay For years now, the leader of the ransomware gang LockBit, known as LockBitSupp, has been a provocative if mysterious presence...
Russia’s LockBit Disrupted But Not Dead, Hacking Experts Warn February 22, 2024 By Jordan Robertson and Ryan Gallagher Two arrests. Twenty-eight servers seized. And 1,000 decryption keys obtained that can help hacking victims worldwide get their data back....
Deepfake Imposter Scams Are Driving a New Wave of Fraud August 22, 2023 By Nabila Ahmed, Adam Haigh, Ainsley Thomson and Ellie Harmsworth Computer-generated children’s voices so realistic they fool their own parents. Masks created with photos from social media that can penetrate...
US Infiltrates Big Ransomware Gang: ‘We Hacked the Hackers’ January 30, 2023 By Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and international partners have at least temporarily disrupted the network of a prolific ransomware gang...
Justice Dept. Charges Russian Founder of Cryptocurrency Firm January 20, 2023 By Eric Tucker and Josh Boak WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian national who founded a cryptocurrency exchange that the Justice Department says became a haven for...
Accounts Deceivable: Email Scam Costliest Type of Cybercrime April 11, 2022 By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped...
9th Circuit Clarifies Meaning of Direct Causation in Ruling on Claim for Phishing Scam January 27, 2022 By Jim Sams A decision by a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday will make it more difficult for...
U.S. Agency Sleuths Look Beyond Indictments in Cybercrime Fight January 20, 2022 By Eric Tucker The FBI and other federal agencies are increasingly looking to counter cyber threats through tools other than criminal indictments, the...
Justice Department Stepping Up Efforts to Combat Cybercrime November 5, 2021 By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is stepping up actions to combat ransomware and cybercrime through arrests and other actions,...
Global Hackers Are Thwarted by FBI, Europe in $100 Million Heist May 21, 2019 By Natalia Drozdiak U.S. and European law enforcement officials on Thursday said they had dismantled a global organized cybercrime network, which used malware...