Top DOJ official “pleased” with multi-agency and branch response to courts data breach

Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security Adam Hickey discussed the breach and the need to balance transparency with privacy related to sensitive material.

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Senator slams U.S. courts agency for ‘stonewalling’ inquiry into cyberattack

Sen. Ron Wyden said the courts administrators’ lack of answers about the breach “is a major red flag about the state of the courts’ systems.”

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DOJ now relies on paper for its most sensitive court documents, official says

A top DOJ official said potential vulnerabilities in the online case management system means that “going online is not always the best thing.”

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Federal court system suffered previously undisclosed breach, congressional committee says

The breach is separate from the SolarWinds fallout and had not been previously publicly disclosed.

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Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal sparks calls for strengthening privacy

Data collected by tech companies could be used to prosecute abortion seekers, they warn.

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Ukrainian cybercriminal sentenced to 4 years in U.S. prison for credential theft scheme

The defendant earned roughly $80,000 from his crimes between 2017 and 2019, prosecutors said.

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Estonian man sentenced to prison for role in cyber intrusions, ransomware attacks

Maksim Berezan was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for cybercrimes, including ransomware extortions.

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Canadian man accused of extorting $28 million in ransomware scheme extradited to U.S.

One of NetWalker’s alleged most prolific affiliates made his first court appearance in the U.S. Thursday.

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