FBI, other agencies disrupt ransomware syndicate behind attacks worldwide

FBI, other agencies disrupt ransomware syndicate behind attacks worldwide

The FBI and other agencies have disrupted a ransomware syndicate, known as LockBit, that was behind a series of global cyberattacks that extracted at least $120 million, according to the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA). “Today, after infiltrating the group’s network, the NCA has taken control of LockBit’s services, compromising their entire criminal enterprise,” … Read more

DOJ disrupts Russian hacking campaign that infiltrated homes, small businesses

DOJ disrupts Russian hacking campaign that infiltrated homes, small businesses

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it successfully disrupted a Russian hacking campaign that infiltrated the routers of homes and small business. The department said it “neutralized a network” of hundreds of small office and home office routers in a court-authorized operation. The operations copied and deleted “stolen and malicious” data and files from routers … Read more

FBI Reportedly Missed ‘Hidden Room’ During Mar-A-Lago Document Search

FBI Reportedly Missed ‘Hidden Room’ During Mar-A-Lago Document Search

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American Airlines Flight Attendant Arrested For Allegedly Filming Minor Girls In Plane Restrooms

American Airlines Flight Attendant Arrested For Allegedly Filming Minor Girls In Plane Restrooms

Cops also found more than 50 photos of a 9-year-old in Thompson’s phone. An American Airlines flight attendant accused of recording multiple young girls in airplane bathrooms was arrested on Thursday by federal agents in Virginia. According to the New York Post, 36-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III was caught red-handed in September last year by … Read more

Chinese exchange student found in Utah mountains in suspected ‘cyber kidnapping’

Chinese exchange student found in Utah mountains in suspected ‘cyber kidnapping’

A foreign exchange student has been found after being reported missing last week, according to local authorities. The student, Kai Zhuang, had been staying with a host family in Riverdale, Utah, at the time of the incident. Riverdale Police said they received a report of a kidnapping Friday. “Officers were contacted by the high school … Read more