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US Charges Five Alleged Members Of Apt41 Group

Two Defendants Arrested in Malaysia; Remaining Five Defendants, One of Whom Allegedly Boasted of Connections to the Chinese Ministry of State Security, are Fugitives...

FBI Warns of Child Sexual Abuse Material Being Displayed During Zoom Meetings

The COVID-19 crisis has caused many organizations and schools to conduct virtual meetings/events, some of which are open to the public. Additionally, links to...

Google wins U.S. DOJ backing to use segment of U.S.-Asia undersea cable

Today, the Department of Justice filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concerning Google LLC’s application to operate a subsea cable. On behalf...

Beware of ‘Zoom-Bombing’ and Teleconference Hacking During Coronavirus Pandemic

PITTSBURGH - Scott W. Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today warned against hacking...
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Agency That Handles White House, Trump’s Private Communications Suffers Massive Data Breach: Report

The United States Defense Agency that handles secure White House communications has reportedly fallen victim to a massive data breach. 'Social Security numbers and other...

Apple Responds After Being Slammed By AG Barr For Not Unlocking Terrorist’s iPhones

United States Attorney General Bill Barr says he has asked Apple for help in unlocking the phones of the Pensacola, Florida naval base shooter...

EVIL CORP: US Charges Russians Over Hacking Attacks, Offers $5M Reward

The United States of America, through its Departments of Justice and State, and the United Kingdom, through its National Crime Agency (NCA), today announced...

Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia

Ali Alzabarah, Ahmad Abouammo, and Ahmed Almutairi, aka Ahmed Aljbreen, were charged for their respective roles in accessing private information in the accounts of...

Men Ran A Global Child Porn Website That Was A ‘Haven’ For Hundreds of...

The creator and lead administrator of a highly sophisticated Tor-network-based website dedicated to the sexual abuse of children was sentenced Friday, along with three...

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Driverless Car Rolls Onto The Garden State Parkway In New Jersey

New Jersey - Watch as this empty vehicle rolls right onto the Garden State Parkway. Luckily all the drivers managed to avoid it in...

Twitter Reveals What Was Responsible For Outage

Twitter went down for users worldwide Thursday afternoon. The outage hit around 12:45 p.m. ET and service has since been restored. Users logging on were...

Man Admits To Threatening To Extort Portland Mayor On Instagram

PORTLAND, Ore.—Kermit Tyler Poulson, 40, pleaded guilty today to one count of transmitting threatening communications with the intent to extort Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. According...
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Two Men Indicted for $1 Million Conspiracy to Steal 1,400 Cell Phones in Dozens...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Kansas City, Missouri, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $1 million...

Man sends ‘white powder’ and ‘blood-like substance’ to OkCupid dating website HQ, CEO

Man sent OkCupid CEO threatening letters with white powder he claimed was anthrax and blood-like substance he said was infected with AIDS after he...

Former Owners of T-Mobile Store Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging $25 Million Scheme To...

LOS ANGELES – Two men who formerly owned a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock were arrested this morning on federal charges that allege...

1,700 Suspected Child Sex Predators Arrested During Nationwide Operation “Broken Heart”

The Department of Justice today announced the arrest of almost 1,700 suspected online child sex offenders during a two-month, nationwide operation conducted by Internet...

Indictment alleges NY man used Instagram to lure middle schoolers

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Shane Guay, 28, of Olean, NY, with receipt and production of child...

Portland man admits to producing child porn, exploiting kids on social media

PORTLAND, Ore.—Juan Carlos Ramon, 33, of Portland, pleaded guilty today to two counts of production of child pornography after sexually exploiting two minor victims,...