Cyberlaw

A pig in a muddy farm field

Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...
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DonkeyHotey (cc:by-sa)

Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION

KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured) ...
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ransomware Dispossessor takedown

FBI Disrupts Operations of the Dispossessor Ransomware Group

The FBI and law enforcement agencies from the UK and Germany seized servers and domains belonging to the Dispossessor ransomware gang, which had emerged into the spotlight following a similar operation against ...
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North Korea

WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged

North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ ...
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Iran Trump Biden Harris campaign hack cybersecurity

Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers

Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who ...
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The Cybersecurity Industry is Under Scrutiny Yet Again

The Cybersecurity Industry is Under Scrutiny Yet Again

Jerald Dawkins, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at CISO Global  In the weeks following the CrowdStrike global tech outage, cyber companies and their end-users alike are evaluating their incident response plans. It likely ...
The HealthEquity Data Breach: Key Takeaways

The HealthEquity Data Breach: Key Takeaways

| | cybercrime, Podcast
In a recent podcast interview with Cybercrime Magazine's host, David Braue, Cyber Expert, Author of "Hacked Again," and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Scott Schober discusses the potential repercussions of the HealthEquity ...
TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC

TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC

For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
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