Security News

Fake Coronavirus ‘Vaccine’ Website Busted in DoJ Takedown
2020-03-23 14:57

The Department of Justice has raised its first federal court action against online fraud relating to the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday taking steps to shutter a fraudulent website that claimed to give away free coronavirus vaccines. The website was live as of March 21, according to the DoJ; but as of Monday, the website is currently down.

DoJ Looking for Victims of 'Quantum Stresser' DDoS Service
2020-02-07 14:44

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked victims of the Quantum Stresser DDoS-for-hire service, whose operator was recently sentenced, to come forward. According to authorities, the service had roughly 70-80,000 subscribers between 2011 and 2018, and in 2018 customers launched or attempted to launch approximately 50,000 DDoS attacks aimed at individuals or organizations.

DOJ: Pair Used SIM Swapping Scam to Steal Cryptocurrency
2019-11-15 10:33

Two Men Targeted 10 Executives Who Had Cryptocurrency ConnectionsA pair of Massachusetts men allegedly ran a years-long scheme that used SIM swapping and other hacking techniques to target...

DOJ: Pair Used SIM Swapping Scam to Steal Cryptocurency
2019-11-14 22:48

Two Men Targeted 10 Executives Who Had Cyptocurrency ConnectionsA pair of Massachusetts men allegedly ran a years-long scheme that used SIM swapping and other hacking techniques to target...

DOJ: Company Sold Gear With Security Flaws to US Military
2019-11-08 16:33

Prosecutors Allege Firm Sold Chinese Surveillance Tech That Contained VulnerabilitiesFederal prosecutors have charged a Long Island company, along with seven of its employees, with selling...

Ex-Twitter Employees Spied on Saudi Dissidents: DoJ
2019-11-07 19:41

The DoJ charges former Twitter employees for allegedly accessing thousands of accounts on behalf of Saudi Arabia.

Allscripts Faces $145 Million Settlement With DOJ
2019-08-09 19:48

At Issue: HIPAA, HITECH Act, Anti-Kickback Statute Compliance of Company It AcquiredHealth IT vendor Allscripts says it has reached a preliminary $145 million settlement with the Department of...

DOJ: Bribed AT&T Workers Planted Malware on Carrier's Network
2019-08-07 14:33

Scheme Involved Unlocking 2 Million Smartphones to Enable FraudThe Justice Department has indicted two men on charges of paying more than $1 million in bribes to AT&T employees who helped plant...

The DoJ's Secret Legal Arguments to Break Cryptography
2018-12-03 12:37

Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice made a series of legal arguments as to why Facebook should be forced to help the government wiretap Facebook Messenger. Those arguments are still...

Busted! DOJ exposes huge ad-fraud operation, eight charged
2018-11-30 12:47

The US Department of Justice has charged eight men with running a vast ad-fraud scheme.