Texas man gets 5 years for stealing 38,000 PayPal account credentials

DOJ said Marcos Ponce will spend five years in prison and pay back $1.4 million in stolen money.

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Legislator slams Biden administration for dialing back DOD cyber operation authorities

Cyberspace Solarium Commission Co-Chair Rep. Mike Gallagher asserts that the Biden administration’s decision poses a national security threat.

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State to gain more ability to monitor DOD cyber ops under White House agreement

The White House has reached consensus between State and Defense on how to pare back NSPM-13’s precedent-setting delegation of authority to the DOD.

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Office of the National Cyber Director hires Microsoft exec, CIA official

The Office of the National Cyber Director has hired several new staffers to strengthen its ability to fight significant hacks and coordinate how the U.S. responds to them.

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Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Blender for money laundering

Blender was used to launder $20.5 million of the $620 million which the Department of Treasury alleges North Korean hackers stole in March.

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Nakasone says Cyber Command did nine ‘hunt forward’ ops last year, including in Ukraine

U.S. Cyber Command’s Gen. Paul Nakasone says Russian cyber attacks against Ukraine have been destructive and he is still bracing for potentially serious cyberattacks domestically.

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Backlash to DHS Disinformation Governance Board grows, fueled in part by misinformation

The DHS rollout of the Disinformation Governance Board has been criticized for being too vague about the details of what the board will do.

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Spy report: 3.4M warrantless searches of US data under FISA last year

The 3.4 million searches the ODNI disclosed Friday represent a significant increase from last year.

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How the French fiber optic cable attacks accentuate critical infrastructure vulnerabilities

The apparent act of sabotage is being investigated as a criminal matter, including by the French internal intelligence service.

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State Department announces $10M bounty for Russian intelligence hackers behind NotPetya

The State Department is offering $10 million for the location of six Russian intelligence officers in the Sandworm unit.

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