Derek B. Johnson reports: A new FBI policy raises the question about who are the true victims of election systems breaches: local officials who supervise elections or the voters and candidates who depend on a trustworthy ballot? Under a recent policy change, the FBI will notify states if local election systems are hacked, but...
Press release from DOJ, January 23. Previous coverage on this threat actor on this site can be found here and here. Russian National Pleads Guilty to Running Online Criminal Marketplace A Russian national pleaded guilty today to charges related to his operation of two websites devoted to the facilitation of payment card fraud, computer...
OK, I think this one may win my headlines today. Stephen Sorace reports: A Canadian teen’s bizarre call to police on Tuesday to report that the fake ID they ordered online never arrived has authorities stepping up efforts to warn of potential identity theft scams. Const. Ed Sanchuk, of the Ontario Provincial Police, West Region, shared in a video message Wednesday that an unnamed...
Fahmida Y. Rashid writes: A bipartisan group of Senators are interested in establishing a cybersecurity leader for each state in order to increase the states’ abilities to respond to cyberattacks. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), the lead sponsor of the bill, highlighted the wave of ransomware attacks which have crippled cities and government entities in...
BitPyLock Ransomware Now Joins the Ranks of Those Threatening to Publish Stolen Data