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U.S. DoJ Dismantles Warzone RAT Infrastructure, Arrests Key Operators
2024-02-11 10:54

The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Friday announced the seizure of online infrastructure that was used to sell a remote access trojan (RAT) called Warzone RAT. The domains – www.warzone[.]ws and...

DoJ Charges 19 Worldwide in $68 Million xDedic Dark Web Marketplace Fraud
2024-01-08 06:15

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it charged 19 individuals worldwide in connection with the now-defunct xDedic Marketplace, which is estimated to have facilitated more than $68 million in...

DOJ Slams XCast with $10 Million Fine Over Massive Illegal Robocall Operation
2024-01-03 07:21

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday said it reached a settlement with VoIP service provider XCast over allegations that it facilitated illegal telemarketing campaigns since at least...

U.S. DoJ Cracks Down on North Korean IT Scammers Defrauding Global Businesses
2023-10-20 05:12

The U.S. government has announced the seizure of 17 website domains used by North Korean information technology (IT) workers as part of an illicit scheme to defraud businesses across the world,...

DoJ: Ex-soldier tried to pass secrets to China after seeking a 'subreddit about spy stuff'
2023-10-09 15:15

A former US Army Sergeant with Top Secret US military clearance created a Word document entitled "Important Information to Share with Chinese Government," according to an FBI agent's sworn declaration. The DoJ said Schmidt retired from active duty in January 2020, traveling to China, then back to the US, then to Istanbul in February 2020, before returning to the US again, and then going back to China in March 2020.

History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges
2023-06-12 19:58

Operated out of Japan by French expatriate Mark Karpelès, Mt. Gox rapidly became the biggest online Bitcoin exchange, but imploded in 2014 when the company was forced to admit that it had lost Bitcoins worth more than $0.5 billion at the time. In 2014, the Big Daddy of Bitcoin exchanges, Japan-based Mt. Gox, made a "So sorry, they seem to have vanished" announcement about a whopping 650,000 Bitcoins, worth approximately $800 each at the time.

DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea
2023-04-26 18:44

The US government is aggressively pursuing three men accused of wide-ranging and complex conspiracies of laundering stolen and illicit cryptocurrency that the North Korean regime used to finance its massive weapons programs. The Department of Justice this month indicted North Korean national Sim Hyon Sop, Wu HuiHui of China, and Cheng Hung Man, a Hong Kong British national, for their roles in two money laundering conspiracies, both aimed at channeling funds into North Korea's coffers.

DoJ cracks down on cryptocurrency fraud, seizes $112 million in linked funds
2023-04-04 08:41

The Department of Justice declared the confiscation of digital currency valued at approximately $112 million connected to fraudulent cryptocurrency investments. In these schemes, fraudsters cultivate long-term relationships with victims met online, eventually enticing them to make investments in fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platforms.

DoJ ‘very disappointed’ with probation sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson
2022-10-05 05:31

Convicted wire fraud perpetrator Paige Thompson has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation with location and computer monitoring, prompting U.S. Attorney Nick Brown to label the sanctions unsatisfactory. Thompson infamously raided cloud storage buckets operated by financial services company Capital One and made off with over 100 million individuals' personal information, in addition to other data heists.

DoJ charges pair over China-linked attempt to build semi-autonomous crypto haven on nuked Pacific atoll
2022-09-08 05:30

It's said that the pair promoted the idea at a conference in 2018 and a few news outlets picked up on that plan and suggested Rongelap could become "The new Hong Kong.". In a May 2021 publication [PDF] the IMF noted the proposal to create a digital economic zone on Rongelap and characterized it as "Envisioned to focus on virtual means of exchange, including virtual assets."