Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12
DoJ: Ex-soldier tried to pass secrets to China after seeking a 'subreddit about spy stuff' FBI agent claims sergeant with top clearance offered access to DoD tech systems Security09 Oct 2023 | 48
Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data Confidential figures for Tesla, Snap, Roku, Avnet, others swiped and used to rack up millions in ill-gotten gains Cyber-crime08 Sep 2023 | 6
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong Science25 Aug 2023 | 68
Token prison sentence for first convicted NFT insider trader Prosecutors wanted 2 years, but former OpenSea employee got 3 months Legal23 Aug 2023 | 9
'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 16
Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1
Unsealed: Charges against Russians blamed for Mt Gox crypto-exchange collapse What a blast from the past, the past being a year before the pandemic Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 7
FTC sues VoIP provider over 'billions of illegal robocalls' XCast knew it was breaking the law and didn't hold back, watchdog says Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 39
Ex-OpenSea exec convicted in first-of-its-kind case of insider trading of NFTs Who would have thought there was anything dodgy about selling pictures of cartoon apes? Legal05 May 2023 | 6
DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3
US to focus on stifling online attacks rather than snagging criminal convictions RSA Conference Russia unlikely to give up its crooks, but American CSOs can go to the clink Spotlight on RSA25 Apr 2023 | 1
US citizens charged with pushing pro-Kremlin disinfo, election interference Also a bunch of Russians plus someone giving free trips to the Motherland Cyber-crime18 Apr 2023 | 10
Nine more US states join ad antitrust legal battle against Google More than a third of US states now party to the lawsuit, which aims to break up Chocolate Factory's advertising arm Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 7
US alleges China created troll army that tried to have dissidents booted from Zoom Charges laid against 44, including officers of China’s Cyberspace Administration Security18 Apr 2023 |
Feds arrest and charge exiled Chinese billionaire over massive crypto fraud This one has it all: Donald Trump’s inner circle, a Beijing bot backlash, conspiracy theories, and more Cyber-crime17 Mar 2023 | 22
Ericsson fined for dodgy Djibouti dealings and warned over Iraqi indiscretions $206 million for breaching 2019 settlement – and DoJ warns it won't be afraid to do this again Legal03 Mar 2023 | 5
US Marshals Service leaks ‘law enforcement sensitive information’ in ransomware incident It’s not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 5
Ex-CEO of logistics startup Slync collared on multimillion fraud, embezzlement charges Christopher Kirchner alleged to have hyped up biz to investors then siphoned off a slice of cash Legal15 Feb 2023 | 2
American jailed for smuggling controlled tech to Iran 30 months in prison for providing, um... enterprise mobile banking software dev tool Legal10 Feb 2023 | 12
Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court Mango Markets still offline for now ... but v4 comeback release looms Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 16
Tesla admits it was asked to hand over Autopilot, Full Self-Driving docs to investigators Yes, we may end up being criminally charged, but we haven't been yet AI + ML01 Feb 2023 | 31
SEC charges crew of social media influencers with $100m fraud Defendants allegedly 'discussed their scheme’ in recorded chats on Discord and Twitter that ‘they believed were private’ Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 19
Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, say Feds Nuclear, hypersonic hardware is one thing, but you can probably keep the quantum computer stuff, Vlad Cyber-crime14 Dec 2022 | 5
Theranos' Sunny Balwani gets longer sentence than Elizabeth Holmes Ex-COO of failed blood testing startup will report to prison 6 weeks before fraudster CEO Legal08 Dec 2022 | 53
US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed Legal05 Dec 2022 | 21
DoJ worries messaging apps could hide evidence of crime, corruption Record keeping rules might need a tweak to ensure content is preserved Software02 Dec 2022 | 15
Feds find Silk Road thief's $1b+ Bitcoin stash in popcorn tin, hidden safe Uncle Sam follows the money ... all the way to a single-board computer Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 50
Tesla reportedly faces criminal probe into self-driving hype Plus: Robo-car upstart Argo AI shuts down after automakers pull plug on funding AI + ML27 Oct 2022 | 83
Google settles with Uncle Sam over data that vanished during cryptocurrency biz probe Search giant says changes already made since prosecutors showed up with a warrant years ago Personal Tech26 Oct 2022 | 10
SolarWinds and Dynatrace directors resign over antitrust concerns DoJ cracks down on competing companies that share board members Software20 Oct 2022 | 3
DoJ ‘very disappointed’ with probation sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson ‘This is not what justice looks like’ says official on sanction for leak of 100 million records Cyber-crime05 Oct 2022 | 40
Online romance scamlord who netted $9.5m jailed for 25 years Hello, love, I need $32k to fix my oil rig Cyber-crime03 Oct 2022 | 15
FBI: We tracked who was printing secret documents to unmask ex-NSA suspect Infosec systems designer alleged to have chatted with undercover agent Security03 Oct 2022 | 53
DoJ charges pair over China-linked attempt to build semi-autonomous crypto haven on nuked Pacific atoll Yes, that’s a lot to digest: Marshall Islands legislators allegedly bribed to make it possible Cyber-crime08 Sep 2022 | 21
Banned Tornado Cash code reuploaded to GitHub in free speech test Cryptography prof tells Microsoft to get forked Software24 Aug 2022 | 58
Four charged with tricking Qualcomm into buying $150m startup Updated Technically the chip giant already owned the tech due to real inventor’s contract, according to DoJ Legal11 Aug 2022 | 18
US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk Effects still being felt today across US government Security29 Jul 2022 | 15
DoJ, FBI recover $500,000 in ransomware payments to Maui gang Money paid by healthcare facilities to North Korean group traced through blockchain and Chinese launderers Security20 Jul 2022 | 2
Uber to pay millions to settle claims it ripped off disabled people with unfair fees Effectively charging folks in wheelchairs for taking too long to get into ride? Not a great look Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 26
'Prolific' NetWalker extortionist pleads guilty to ransomware charges Canadian stole $21.5m from dozens of companies worldwide Cyber-crime29 Jun 2022 | 3
Trio accused of selling $88m of pirated Avaya licenses Rogue insider generated keys, resold them to blow the cash on gold, crypto, and more, prosecutors say Cyber-crime29 Jun 2022 | 8
International operation takes down Russian RSOCKS botnet $200 a day buys you 90,000 victims Cyber-crime17 Jun 2022 | 4
Feds raid dark web market selling data on 24 million Americans SSNDOB sold email addresses, passwords, credit card numbers, SSNs and more Cyber-crime08 Jun 2022 | 9
US won’t prosecute ‘good faith’ security researchers under CFAA Well, that clears things up? Maybe not Security20 May 2022 | 37
US brings first-of-its-kind criminal charges of Bitcoin-based sanctions-busting Citizen allegedly moved $10m-plus in BTC into banned nation Cyber-crime16 May 2022 | 5
Ukrainian crook jailed in US for selling thousands of stolen login credentials Touting info on 6,700 compromised systems will get you four years behind bars Cyber-crime13 May 2022 | 5
US DOJ probes Google's $5.4b Mandiant acquisition Not a social network or an instant-chat app used by tens of millions, so scrutiny it is, then Security22 Apr 2022 | 5
Uncle Sam probes Activision for any insider trading Troubled games maker reveals investigation amid Microsoft takeover Personal Tech18 Apr 2022 |
FIN7 crime-gang pen tester headed to US prison for five years He's the third gangster in crew to face time behind bars Security07 Apr 2022 | 6
Feds take down Kremlin-backed Cyclops Blink botnet Control systems scrubbed, hijacked network devices need to be patched and cleaned Security06 Apr 2022 | 3
Feds slay dark-web souk Hydra: Servers and $25m in crypto-coins seized US also charges Russia-based web host owner regarding cyber-crime market Security05 Apr 2022 | 20
National Security Agency employee indicted for 'leaking top secret info' Managed to send material from his private email address, it is claimed Security01 Apr 2022 | 31
DoJ to Congress: Thumbs up for big tech antitrust bill Stopping Amazon, Google, others from prioritizing own products and services Legal29 Mar 2022 | 5
US DoJ reveals Russian supply chain attack targeting energy sector Poisoned SCADA apps could have disrupted power supply – perhaps even at nuclear plants Security25 Mar 2022 | 9
US says Russian ran online marketplace of stolen logins Cyber-souk offered bundle deals of account access and credit card info, says Uncle Sam Security23 Mar 2022 | 3
DoJ accuses Google of training staff to make 'false requests for legal advice' 'Communicate with Care' baked into orientation for newbies, according to fresh filing in ad search monopoly case Legal22 Mar 2022 | 27
Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm leaves Alibaba board to focus on his main job Chinese giant expands share buyback program, Big E still working through corruption issues PaaS + IaaS22 Mar 2022 |
Procurement guy at Apple allegedly ripped off iPhone giant in $10m+ scam He faces conspiracy, laundering, tax evasion charges Personal Tech22 Mar 2022 | 17
US winds up national security team dedicated to Chinese espionage Still plans to make life hard for Beijing, but wants to reduce the chances of domestic division Security24 Feb 2022 | 11
US to attack cyber criminals first, ask questions later – if it protects victims DoJ also creates two teams to prevent abuse of cryptocurrency – who knew that happens? Security21 Feb 2022 | 23
US DoJ gets more time to consider Oracle-Cerner merger Big Red must wait to gets its teeth into health records giant Software14 Feb 2022 |