The European Council has added six Russian hackers to the EU’s sanctions list for their cyberattacks against member states and Ukraine.
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Assange will plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, the Justice Department said.
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A British man has been arrested in Spain for allegedly being the ringleader of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group.
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Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Overview of the ICS malware Fuxnet, Google accused of tracking users, scammers impersonate CISA staff.
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An Indiana cop has resigned after it was revealed that he frequently used Clearview AI facial recognition technology to track down social media users not linked to any crimes.
According to a press release from the Evansville Police Department, this was a clear "misuse" of Clearview AI's controversial face scan tech, which some US cities have banned over concerns that it gives law enforcement unlimited power to track people in their daily lives.
To help identify suspects, police can scan what Clearview AI describes on its website as "the world's largest facial recognition network." The database pools more than 40 billion images collected from news media, mugshot websites, public social media, and other open sources.
UK authorities have arrested two individuals for allegedly using a homemade mobile antenna to send mass text messages.
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A multinational operation by Interpol and the FBI cracked down on attempts in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency’s key tools, the Red Notice system.
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Law enforcement reveals the identities of eight cybercriminals linked to recently disrupted malware loaders.
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The TrickBot botnet and other malware droppers have been targeted by international law enforcement in Operation Endgame.
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The US announced that the 911 S5 (Cloud Router) botnet, likely the world’s largest, has been dismantled and its administrator arrested.
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The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet.
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