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The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unveiled charges against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in deploying LockBit ransomware to targets in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa. "Astamirov allegedly participated in a conspiracy with other members of the LockBit ransomware campaign to commit wire fraud and to intentionally damage protected computers and make ransom demands through the use and deployment of ransomware," the DoJ said.
In early March, a Boston-based vote-counting firm called Clear Ballot Group sent a bid to Arizona's state Senate to audit the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County. Instead, the state Senate hired a small Florida-based cybersecurity firm known as Cyber Ninjas that had not placed a formal bid for the contract and had no experience with election audits.
A internet interruption resulting from a ransomware attack on a hosting provider has limited functionality of the Arizona state court system's webpage for most of this week, according to the vendor and court officials. The court system acknowledged the continuing problem in a brief notice on the judicial branch's azcourts.
Arizona has filed suit against Google over tracking users' locations even after they've turned tracking off, claiming that the advertising-fueled tech titan has a "Complex web of settings and purported 'consents'" that enable it to furtively milk us for sweet, sweet ad dollars. This is the way location tracking works: Android users can turn it off with a slider button in the Location section under Settings supposedly.
Google has been hit by a lawsuit alleging that it violates user privacy by collecting location data via various means - and claiming that Google makes it nearly "Impossible" for users to opt out of such data tracking. The lawsuit, filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, alleges that Google uses "Deceptive and unfair conduct" to obtain Android users' location data via various applications, services and technologies, which is then used for advertising purposes.
The US state of Arizona filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Google of committing fraud by being deceptive about gathering location data. Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich said the suit resulted from an investigation launched two years ago after a media report that Google had ways of knowing where users were even if they opted not to share location information with the internet firm.
University of Arizona-led teams will be more proactive in the battle against cyberthreats thanks to nearly $1.5 million in grants from the National Science Foundation.
On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, ransomware was discovered at Flagstaff Unified School District, Arizona. Schools were closed on Thursday and Friday of that week, but re-opened after the weekend....
Lack of Internet Access Could Jeopardize School Security, Official SaysSchools in Flagstaff, Arizona, were closed on Thursday after ransomware appeared on the district's network. Friday's classes...
Report: Medicaid Data and Systems Could Also Be at Risk at Other Medicaid MCOsA security review of two Medicaid managed care organizations in Arizona revealed several significant access control...