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FBI boss says China 'burned down' 260,000-device botnet when confronted by Feds
2024-09-18 21:06

Plus: Wray tells how bureau helps certain victims negotiate with ransomware crooks China-backed spies are said to have tore down their own 260,000-device botnet after the FBI and its international...

FBI tells public to ignore false claims of hacked voter data
2024-09-14 14:26

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are alerting the public of false claims that the U.S. voter registration data has been...

FBI: Reported cryptocurrency losses reached $5.6 billion in 2023
2024-09-12 18:27

The FBI says that 2023 was a record year for cryptocurrency fraud, with total losses exceeding $5.6 billion, based on nearly 70,000 reports received through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). [...]

Crypto scams rake in $5.6B a year for cyberscum lowlifes, FBI says
2024-09-10 14:29

Elderly people report the greatest losses The FBI just dropped its annual report examining the costs of crypto-related cybercrime, painting a predictably grim picture as total losses in the US...

FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals
2024-09-07 07:10

Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial...

North Korean scammers plan wave of stealth attacks on crypto companies, FBI warns
2024-09-05 01:17

Feds warn of 'highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns' The FBI has warned that North Korean operatives are plotting "complex and elaborate" social engineering attacks...

FBI warns crypto firms of aggressive social engineering attacks
2024-09-03 17:43

The FBI warns of North Korean hackers aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks, aiming to deploy malware that steals their...

FBI: RansomHub ransomware breached 210 victims since February
2024-08-29 18:48

​Since surfacing in February 2024, RansomHub ransomware affiliates have breached over 200 victims from a wide range of critical U.S. infrastructure sectors. [...]

Watchdog warns FBI is sloppy on secure data storage and destruction
2024-08-26 19:15

National security data up for grabs, Office of the Inspector General finds The FBI has made serious slip-ups in how it processes and destroys electronic storage media seized as part of...

Audit finds notable security gaps in FBI's storage media management
2024-08-25 14:14

An audit from the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified "significant weaknesses" in FBI's inventory management and disposal of electronic storage media...