Collaborate Disseminate
A former US government contractor is facing nine years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of willful retention of national defense information. This is more than 20 years after the crime, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Harold Th… Continue reading Two decades later, ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty to stealing classified data
A hacking trio based in Romania has pleaded guilty to charges brought by U.S. authorities after being caught siphoning cash from unwary Americans. The three now await sentencing. Between 2011 and 2014, three Romanian hackers working from their home cou… Continue reading Three Romanians plead guilty in multi-million dollar “vishing and smishing” scheme
AT&T’s $86 billion merger with Time Warner will result in higher rates and competition issues, but thanks to lobbying and weakened antitrust oversight, government can’t do a damn thing about it. Continue reading US Courts Just Greenlit AT&T’s Anti-Competitive Ambition for Decades to Come
The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside. Continue reading FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet
The two were able to hack into the SEC’s computer systems due to phishing attacks that stole credentials and spread malware. Continue reading U.S. Issues Multiple Charges For 2016 SEC Hack
UK entrepreneur turned billionaire investor, Mike Lynch, has been charged with fraud in US over the 2011 sale of his enterprise software company. Lynch sold Autonomy, the big data company he founded back in 1996, to computer giant HP for around $11BN some seven years ago. But within a year around three-quarters of the value […] Continue reading DoJ charges Autonomy founder with fraud over $11BN sale to HP
The U.S. Department of Justice has jumped into the fray between Micron Technology, companies located in Taiwan and China and three individuals with the release of a grand jury indictment. Readers may recall in February we wrote about Micron’s ef… Continue reading DoJ Jumps into the Micron Intellectual Property Theft Fray
Two Iranians have been named in a US ransomware indictment – but given that they aren’t in the US, what happens next? Continue reading Iranian hackers charged in the US for SamSam ransomware attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has shown tremendous patience as it builds its case to identify those involved with the Russian election interference in the United States and elsewhere (Project Lakhta). In February 2018, we wrote of the indictmen… Continue reading Russia Meddling Round Two: Project Lakhta’s Accountant
Last week, awards organizations based in the United Stated and United Kingdom recognized Dtex for its product excellence and leadership. The Golden Bridge Awards honored the Dtex Advanced User Behavior Platform for innovations in insider threat detecti… Continue reading 10/8/18: Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Dtex Earns Leadership, Product Awards; Insider Compromises French Law Enforcement Agency; The Big Hack