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US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts
2024-06-26 18:46

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LockBit lied: Stolen data is from a bank, not US Federal Reserve
2024-06-26 18:20

Recently-disrupted LockBit ransomware group, in what appears to be a desperate attempt to make a comeback, claimed this week that it had hit US Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. The tall claim was followed up with LockBit stating it had stolen 33 terabytes of sensitive banking information belonging to Americans and that negotiations were ongoing.

The US Is Banning Kaspersky
2024-06-26 11:06

The Biden administration on Thursday said it's banning the company from selling its products to new US-based customers starting on July 20, with the company only allowed to provide software updates to existing customers through September 29. The ban-­the first such action under authorities given to the Commerce Department in 2019­-follows years of warnings from the US intelligence community about Kaspersky being a national security threat because Moscow could allegedly commandeer its all-seeing antivirus software to spy on its customers.

Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
2024-06-26 00:44

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Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
2024-06-26 00:44

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UK and US cops band together to tackle Qilin's ransomware shakedowns
2024-06-25 12:01

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Ransomware disrupts Indonesia’s national data centre, LockBit gang claims US Federal Reserve breach
2024-06-25 11:32

Ransomware attackers wielding a LockBit variant dubbed Brain Cipher have disrupted a temporary national data center facility which supports the operations of 200+ Indonesian government agencies and public services. Indonesia is working on creating four national data centers to support digital government efforts.

Julian Assange to go free in guilty plea deal with US
2024-06-25 00:19

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From network security to nyet work in perpetuity: What's up with the Kaspersky US ban?
2024-06-22 08:16

It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains Kettle The US government on Thursday banned Kaspersky Lab from selling its antivirus and other products in America from late July,...

US sanctions 12 Kaspersky Lab execs for working in Russian tech sector
2024-06-21 17:32

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for operating in the technology sector of Russia. These sanctions came after the Biden administration announced yesterday the ban of sales and software updates for Kaspersky antivirus software in the USA, which started in July, over potential cybersecurity risks to national security.