Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer Samourai. Department of Justice (DoJ) has arrested two co-founders of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai and seized the service. criminal charges. HILL was also arrested yesterday in Portugal following U.S. ” continues the DoJ.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2023

The CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) framework is a comprehensive set of security policies and guidelines established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates. Department of Justice (DOJ). dollars in ransom demands, and extorted over $120 million in ransom payments.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2022

Criminals have access to Justice Department databases and can write fake data, as well as read highly sensitive info, we’re told. The post MAJOR Justice Dept. Breach — ‘Time for Drastic Measures’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Recent Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) regulations have introduced stringent new rules that define how law enforcement agencies must protect criminal justice information (CJI).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity in today’s world is a matter of national security and so the Department of Justice (DoJ) has created a separate litigation section in its National Security Division dedicated to Cybersecurity. Olsen, the head of Justice Department has endorsed the news on Tuesday by announcing the same at the Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to its corporate enforcement policy in regard to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in an effort to entice companies to self-report when in violation of the FCPA. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., Polite, Jr.,

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2023

Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Commerce launched a “Disruptive Technology Strike Force” to investigate and prosecute criminal violations of U.S. export control laws. The aim is to prevent foreign actors from obtaining potentially sensitive technologies, including semiconductors.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The site has been used in anonymous criminal activities such as narcotics trade. This event, restricted to law enforcement, will bring together over 180 investigators from across the world to discuss the latest criminal trends and developments on the dark web.” ” reads the press release published by Finnish Customs.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. A statement from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Early this week, the United States Department of Justice aka DOJ formed a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team(NCET) to curb illegal use of cryptocurrency in criminal acts such as ransomware payments. So, those interested can directly contact the related authorities through proper channel.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2023

Justice Department (DoJ) on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service, charging them with laundering more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds.

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Cryptocurrency 77

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ARIN’s civil case caught the attention of federal prosecutors in South Carolina, who in May 2019 filed criminal wire fraud charges against Golestan , alleging he’d orchestrated a network of shell companies and fake identities to prevent ARIN from knowing the addresses were all going to the same buyer.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Iranian national Alireza Shafie Nasab (39) for multi-year hacking campaign targeting U.S. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Today’s charges highlight Iran’s corrupt cyber ecosystem, in which criminals are given free rein to target computer systems abroad and threaten U.S.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 11, 2023

IACP membership is open to law enforcement professionals of all ranks, as well as non-sworn leaders across the criminal justice system. The IACP is a not-for-profit 501c(3) organization, and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2023

The Criminal Justice Information Services was established by the FBI in 1992 as an intelligence hub that connected the criminal justice community, including law enforcement, national security, and intelligence groups. What is the CJIS?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

KrebsOnSecurity shared information about the allegedly hijacked account with the DEA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Justice , which houses both agencies. Granted, only some of those results are login portals, but that’s just within the Department of Justice. There are 3,330 results.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

These criminal groups stole millions of dollars from their victims and even attacked a major hospital with ransomware, leaving it unable to provide critical care to patients for over two weeks,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 15, 2021

Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced an indictment against Jean-Francois Eap, the CEO of encrypted messaging company Sky Global, and an associate for wilfully participating in a criminal enterprise to help international drug traffickers avoid law enforcement.

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Encryption 144

The Hacker News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Justice Department, admitted to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business that enabled other criminal actors to launder their The Russian founder of the now-defunct Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty, nearly 11 months after he was arrested in Miami earlier this year.

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Cryptocurrency 60

Schneier on Security

JUNE 7, 2021

In a 37-page opinion written and delivered by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court explained that the “exceeds authorized access” language was, indeed, too broad.

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Technology 177

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“These services reduce the time and effort needed for criminals to conduct a host of criminal and abusive behaviors online.” “Microsoft has since submitted a criminal referral to U.S. We are grateful for our partnership with law enforcement who can bring those looking to harm our customers to justice.”

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The trial of former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan marks the first time a cybersecurity chief has faced potential criminal liability. Sullivan is charged with trying to conceal from federal investigators the details of a 2016 hack at Uber that exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million drivers and passengers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Justice Department (DoJ) seized the infrastructure that was used to sell the remote access trojan (RAT) Warzone RAT. The Justice Department announced the seizure of internet domains used to sell the remote access Trojan Warzone RAT (www.warzone[.]ws). Furthermore, he allegedly offered customer support to buyers of both RATs.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 8, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized more than half of Colonial Pipeline’s $4.4 Department of Justice. This bitcoin represents proceeds traceable to a computer intrusion and property involved in money laundering and may be seized pursuant to criminal and civil forfeiture statutes.”. Monaco for the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the creation of a cybersecurity fellowship program that will train prosecutors and attorneys to handle emerging national cybersecurity threats.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It didn’t take long for the White House’s ransomware initiative to be fruitful , as evidenced by the successful international law enforcement efforts targeting members of the Sodinokibi/REvil criminal enterprise.

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Ransomware 113

CSO Magazine

MAY 23, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) has revised its policy regarding charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), stating that good faith security research does not warrant federal criminal action.

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Cybersecurity 122

The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Department of Justice (DoJ) earlier this week appointed Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) it established last year.

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Cryptocurrency 97

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The long arm of the law just reached out and dragged Yaroslav Vasinskyi into the American criminal justice system, readying charges against the Ukrainian man for a REvil ransomware attack against a U.S. company, Kaseya, in July. Law enforcement also relieved another operative of $6 million in ransom payments. The post Gotcha!

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 13, 2021

The US Department of Justice has indicted the CEO of encrypted messaging company Sky Global, and an associate for allegedly aiding criminal enterprises avoid detection by law enforcement. [.].

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

The world’s largest meat processor, JBS, confirmed in June 2021 that it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom to respond to the criminal hack against its operations. Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $2.3 Colonial Pipeline paid $4.43 million to its ransomware attackers in May 2021, although in a subsequent operation, the U.S

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Justice has indicted a Ukrainian man for using a malware botnet to brute force computer logon credentials and then selling them on a criminal remote access marketplace. [.].

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Department of Justice. In March 2020, the DOJ unsealed two criminal hacking indictments against Kislitsin, who was then head of security at Group-IB , a cybersecurity company that was founded in Russia in 2003 and operated there for more than a decade before relocating to Singapore. . “The company is monitoring developments.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

“The exploitation of technology by organised criminals is one of the greatest challenges for law enforcement in the 21st century. The Met is targeting the criminals at the centre of these illicit webs that cause misery to thousands.” The iSpoof was launched in December 2020 and authorities estimated it had 59,000 users.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Department of Justice (DoJ) took steps to crack down on ransomware with the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) and the launch of the department’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. The NCET will handle complex investigations and prosecutions of criminal misuses of cryptocurrency, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O.

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