United States Department of Justice

Bring the hammer down on Nvidia, US progressive and antitrust orgs urge the Feds

Lobbyists would love for rumors of a monopoly probe into GPU goliath to become reality

Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 11

US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data

Not even Oracle could stop it, claims DoJ

Legal29 Jul 2024 | 29

Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China

Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activities

Cyber-crime25 Jul 2024 | 9

FBI, cyber-cops zap ~1K Russian AI disinfo Twitter bots

RT News snarks back after it's accused of building social nyet-work for Kremlin

Cyber-crime09 Jul 2024 | 11

Fraud guilty plea flies from Boeing to swerve courtroom over 737 Max crashes

Attorney for families of victims files objection

Software08 Jul 2024 | 65

US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts

Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them

Cyber-crime26 Jun 2024 | 13

Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam

Updated Pen-testing tools didn't work – and personal info of folks hit by pandemic started appearing in search engines

CSO17 Jun 2024 | 2

Suspected bosses of $430M dark-web Empire Market charged in US

Cybercrime super-souk's Dopenugget and Zero Angel may face life behind bars if convicted

Cyber-crime17 Jun 2024 | 1

Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam

Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate

Cyber-crime14 Jun 2024 | 9

Four more US states pile on Apple as DoJ turns up antitrust heat

Growing coalition joins federal fray, accusing iGiant of playing monopoly

Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 5

Uncle Sam seeks to claw back $5M+ stolen from trade union through spoofed email

Funds are currently seized after being sent to offshore accounts

Cyber-crime06 Jun 2024 | 8

Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade

$4.5M slushed through accounts from state healthcare and lonely people

Security22 May 2024 | 2

Google offers DoJ cash to eliminate jury in web ad monopoly abuse trial

Nyah, nyah: You can't sue for damages if we just meet your demands

Public Sector21 May 2024 | 8

How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist

Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter

Cyber-crime18 May 2024 | 50

Three cuffed for 'helping North Koreans' secure remote IT jobs in America

Your local nail tech could be a secret agent for Kim’s cunning plan

Security17 May 2024 | 22

Boeing might be criminally prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes after all, says DoJ

Aviation firm has violated 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, claims DoJ, so criminal charges could come back

Offbeat15 May 2024 | 39

Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military

Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force

Networks02 May 2024 | 41

Billions on the line for Google as web search monopoly trial nears end

Chocolate Factory relies on dominance for bulk of its revenues, says US

Applications02 May 2024 | 10

US charges 16 over 'depraved' grandparent scams

Vulnerable elderly people tricked into paying tens of thousands over fake car accidents

Cyber-crime01 May 2024 | 17

US charges Iranians with cyber snooping on government, companies

Their holiday options are now far more restricted

Cyber-crime24 Apr 2024 |

Iowa sysadmin pleads guilty to 33-year identity theft of former coworker

Actions sent homeless victim to jail and a mental hospital for more than a year

On-Prem03 Apr 2024 | 97

Uncle Sam, 15 US states launch antitrust war on Apple

Lawsuit alleges iGiant rips off fans, stifles dev innovation, makes it tough to dump iOS for rivals

OSes21 Mar 2024 | 40

Serial extortionist of medical facilities pleads guilty to cybercrime charges

Robert Purbeck even went as far as threatening a dentist with the sale of his child’s data

Cyber-crime20 Mar 2024 | 6

Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep

Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters

Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 111

Cryptocurrency laundryman gets hung out to dry

Bitcoin Fog washed hundreds of millions for criminals

Cyber-crime13 Mar 2024 | 27

Iranian charged over attacks against US defense contractors, government agencies

$10M bounty for anyone with info leading to Alireza Shafie Nasab's identification or location

Security01 Mar 2024 | 3

Microsoft trying to stop Copilot generating fake Putin comments on Navalny's death

AI in brief Plus: US Department of Justice has hired its first chief AI officer

AI + ML26 Feb 2024 | 51

Zeus, IcedID malware kingpin faces 40 years in slammer

Nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List after getting banks to empty vics' accounts

Cyber-crime16 Feb 2024 | 1

US Navy sailor swaps sea for cell after accepting bribes from Chinese snoops

Petty officer Wenheng Zhao admitted to taking as many as 14 payoffs in return for non-public military information

Security09 Jan 2024 | 32

Binance and CEO admit financial crimes, billions coughed up to US govt

Updated Chief quits, pays own penalty after helping crooks launder cash, aiding sanctions evaders

Cyber-crime22 Nov 2023 | 37

Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all

Also, the US DoJ says iMaker owes $25M for years of hiring discrimination

Public Sector11 Nov 2023 | 57

CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors

Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying

Bootnotes10 Nov 2023 | 13

Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay

As Uncle Sam releases internal docs on Chrome strategy, MSN, more

Personal Tech30 Oct 2023 | 17

'Influencer' gets 7 months in prison for plot to interfere with 2016 US election

Florida man gets 4,900 people to 'vote' via SMS after promoting it as an option

Legal20 Oct 2023 | 73

Corner cutting of nuclear proportions as duo admit to falsifying safety tests 29 times

No word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler

Legal20 Oct 2023 | 79

Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone

Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case

Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12

DoJ: Ex-soldier tried to pass secrets to China after seeking a 'subreddit about spy stuff'

FBI agent claims sergeant with top clearance offered access to DoD tech systems

Security09 Oct 2023 | 50

Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data

Confidential figures for Tesla, Snap, Roku, Avnet, others swiped and used to rack up millions in ill-gotten gains

Cyber-crime08 Sep 2023 | 6

Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment

Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong

Science25 Aug 2023 | 69

Token prison sentence for first convicted NFT insider trader

Prosecutors wanted 2 years, but former OpenSea employee got 3 months

Legal23 Aug 2023 | 9

'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian

Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away

Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 16

Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes

No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder

Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1

Unsealed: Charges against Russians blamed for Mt Gox crypto-exchange collapse

What a blast from the past, the past being a year before the pandemic

Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 7

FTC sues VoIP provider over 'billions of illegal robocalls'

XCast knew it was breaking the law and didn't hold back, watchdog says

Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 39

Ex-OpenSea exec convicted in first-of-its-kind case of insider trading of NFTs

Who would have thought there was anything dodgy about selling pictures of cartoon apes?

Legal05 May 2023 | 6

DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea

If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group

Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3

US to focus on stifling online attacks rather than snagging criminal convictions

RSA Conference 2023 Russia unlikely to give up its crooks, but American CSOs can go to the clink

Spotlight on RSA25 Apr 2023 | 1

US citizens charged with pushing pro-Kremlin disinfo, election interference

Also a bunch of Russians plus someone giving free trips to the Motherland

Cyber-crime18 Apr 2023 | 10

Nine more US states join ad antitrust legal battle against Google

More than a third of US states now party to the lawsuit, which aims to break up Chocolate Factory's advertising arm

Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 7

US alleges China created troll army that tried to have dissidents booted from Zoom

Charges laid against 44, including officers of China’s Cyberspace Administration

Security18 Apr 2023 |

Feds arrest and charge exiled Chinese billionaire over massive crypto fraud

This one has it all: Donald Trump’s inner circle, a Beijing bot backlash, conspiracy theories, and more

Cyber-crime17 Mar 2023 | 22

Ericsson fined for dodgy Djibouti dealings and warned over Iraqi indiscretions

$206 million for breaching 2019 settlement – and DoJ warns it won't be afraid to do this again

Legal03 Mar 2023 | 5

US Marshals Service leaks ‘law enforcement sensitive information’ in ransomware incident

It’s not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs

Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 5

Ex-CEO of logistics startup Slync collared on multimillion fraud, embezzlement charges

Christopher Kirchner alleged to have hyped up biz to investors then siphoned off a slice of cash

Legal15 Feb 2023 | 2

American jailed for smuggling controlled tech to Iran

30 months in prison for providing, um... enterprise mobile banking software dev tool

Legal10 Feb 2023 | 12

Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court

Mango Markets still offline for now ... but v4 comeback release looms

Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 16