On January 26, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) released details about a disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware…
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To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did.
Uber covered up the 2016 data breach that affected its 57 million customers and drivers. The confession came as part of…
Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for using…
Successful operations against Russian Sandworm and Strontium groups targeting Ukraine revealed
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and Microsoft have taken the sting out of two operations believed to be controlled by…
StopRansomware.gov brings together information on stopping and surviving ransomware attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ)—along with other federal partners—have launched a new…
Going dark: encryption and law enforcement
UPDATE, 05/22/2020: In the advent of the EARN IT Act, the debate on government subversion of encryption has reignited. Given that…