New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern such as China (including Hong Kong and Read more…
DoJ Indicts 14 North Koreans for $88M IT Worker Fraud Scheme Over Six Years The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted 14 nationals belonging to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) for their alleged involvement in a long-running conspiracy to violate sanctions and commit wire Read more…
Microsoft, Meta, and DOJ Disrupt Global Cybercrime and Fraudulent Networks Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced independent actions to tackle cybercrime and disrupt services that enable scams, fraud, and phishing attacks. To that end, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it seized 240 fraudulent Read more…
DOJ, Microsoft take down 107 Russian-backed Star Blizzard domains The U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with Microsoft, took down 107 unique domains run by the Russian-backed Star Blizzard threat group, which used the websites to launch spear-phishing attacks on Microsoft customers, multiple federal agencies, and defense contractors. Microsoft filed Read more…
DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for “flagrantly violating” children’s privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed Read more…
DOJ Arrests Founders of Crypto Mixer Samourai for $2 Billion in Illegal Transactions The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer called Samourai and seized the service for allegedly facilitating over $2 billion in illegal transactions and for laundering more than $100 million in criminal Read more…
U.S. DoJ Dismantles Warzone RAT Infrastructure, Arrests Key Operators Feb 11, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cybercrime The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Friday announced the seizure of online infrastructure that was used to sell a remote access trojan (RAT) called Warzone RAT. The domains – www.warzone[.]ws and three others – were “used Read more…
DoJ Charges 19 Worldwide in $68 Million xDedic Dark Web Marketplace Fraud Jan 08, 2024NewsroomFinancial Fraud / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it charged 19 individuals worldwide in connection with the now-defunct xDedic Marketplace, which is estimated to have facilitated more than $68 million in fraud. In Read more…
DOJ Slams XCast with $10 Million Fine Over Massive Illegal Robocall Operation Jan 03, 2024NewsroomVoIP Service / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday said it reached a settlement with VoIP service provider XCast over allegations that it facilitated illegal telemarketing campaigns since at least January 2018, Read more…