The United States, the UK, and other countries this week accused a state-sponsored Chinese threat group of running a massive global hacking campaign for more than a decade that targeted political figures, journalists, businesses, political dissidents, and elections officials to steal information and spy on targets. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace called the work of the..

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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco last month was in the UK speaking at the University of Oxford and outlining the different paths the Justice Department is taking to address the benefits and threats associated with AI. Monaco spoke about how existing laws offer a “firm foundation” as the law regarding AI evolves, as it..

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A day after U.S. and international law enforcement agencies disrupted the operations of notorious ransomware group LockBit, the State Department is offering up to $15 million in rewards for information about the gang’s leaders or its affiliates The bounties – up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of the..

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U.S. law enforcement agencies said they shut down the online operations of the notorious Russia-linked BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group and developed a decryption tool that will help more than 500 victims regain access to their encrypted data files. However, the threat group – also known as ALPHV – responded soon after with what its operators..

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Operation Duck Hunt shoots to kill big botnet.

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The DOJ’s two-year-old National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) will merge with its Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS).

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James Zhong admitted to stealing 50,000 bitcoins from the former dark web market, Silk Road—the DoJ has the gory story

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The Chinese government sent two spies to extract information about the U.S. case against Huawei. But they didn’t expect their contact to be a double agent.

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The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) plans to make the prosecution of cybercriminals and the disruption of ransomware attacks key objectives of its new strategic plan, which includes the enhancement of its own technological and investigative capabilities. The DoJ outlined key four key strategies for fighting cybercrime and listed a series of key performance..

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Criminals have access to Justice Department databases and can write fake data, as well as read highly sensitive info, we’re told.

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