Department of Justice (DOJ)
Gotcha! Charges in REvil Attack, Feds Seize $6M
Teri Robinson | | Department of Justice (DOJ), Kaseya, RaaS, Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), REvil ransomwaare
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 ...
Security Boulevard
Three Republican Senators Proposed Anti-Encryption Bill Endorsed by DOJ
Marc Zwillinger | | Data Security, Department of Justice (DOJ), encryption, law enforcement, Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, Privacy
On June 23, 2020, Senators Lindsay Graham, Tom Cotton, and Marsha Blackburn introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, one of the most expansive anti-encryption bills in recent history. The Bill ...
Section 230 Update: DOJ, Sen. Hawley Propose Limiting Online Platforms’ Protections
Marc Zwillinger | | Communications Decency Act (CDA), Department of Justice (DOJ), General, law enforcement, Section 230
On June 17, 2020, in a 28-page report released on the topic of online platform liability, the U.S. Department of Justice proposed four material modifications of Section 230 of the CDA: Narrowing ...