07 Mar Google engineer caught stealing AI tech secrets for Chinese firms The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the unsealing of an indictment against Linwei (Leon) Ding, 38, a former software engineer at Google, suspected of stealing Google AI trade secrets for Chinese companies. […]
05 Mar U.S. sanctions Predator spyware operators for spying on Americans The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two individuals and five entities linked to the development and distribution of the Predator commercial spyware used to target Americans, including government officials and journalists. […]
01 Mar Germany takes down cybercrime market with over 180,000 users The Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, a massive German-speaking illicit trading platform with over 180,000 users, arresting six people, including one of its operators. […]
01 Mar U.S. charges Iranian for hacks on defense orgs, offers $10M for info The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has unveiled an indictment against Alireza Shafie Nasab, a 39-year-old Iranian national, for his role in a cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. government and defense entities. […]
23 Feb FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive ‘free’ online filing ads The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company’s deceptive “free” online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services. […]
07 Feb Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country’s schools. […]
02 Feb BTC-e server admin indicted for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national, has been indicted in the U.S. for his involvement in an international cybercrime money laundering operation. […]
02 Feb Interpol operation Synergia takes down 1,300 servers used for cybercrime An international law enforcement operation code-named ‘Synergia’ has taken down over 1,300 command and control servers used in ransomware, phishing, and malware campaigns. […]
31 Jan Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet. […]
20 Jan Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on data. […]