U.S. seizes website selling malware that stole computer data
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. authorities said on Thursday they seized an internet domain that was selling malicious software criminals used to steal data from and take…
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. authorities said on Thursday they seized an internet domain that was selling malicious software criminals used to steal data from and take…
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Thursday said the government will encourage companies to build at least two advanced domestic computer chip factories employing…
ATHENS/SOFIA (Reuters) – A 49-year-old Bulgarian arrested by police in northern Greece in December following a U.S. warrant has been released on bail pending a court ruling on his extradition…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will testify on Feb. 15 before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on a Jan. 11…
‘Using Stolen Property’: Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Says Computer Repairman Could Face Charges Over Hunter Biden’s Laptop Harold Hutchison on February 2, 2023 Former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told lawmakers on Wednesday that it had revoked access to a pilot messaging database to contractor personnel involved in a…
(Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is cancelling a planned trip to Mexico Thursday that was to review progress on Mexico’s plan to recover a…
NEWARK, N.J. – A Nigerian man has been indicted for his role in computer hacking, wire fraud, and money laundering acts that defrauded companies of nearly $8 million after compromising…
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the partial unsealing of an indictment charging Andi Jacques (41, Greenacres), Monika Shauntel Jenkins (33, Hollywood), Louis Noel Michel (28,…
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John Molinaro, age 28, of Plains Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury…
Seattle – A 37-year-old former Seattle tech worker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to time served and 5 years of probation including location and computer monitoring…
HONOLULU – Casey K. Umetsu, Sr., age 40, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Jill A. Otake to sabotaging his former employer’s computer network. Sentencing…
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Bridge of the Americas border crossing apprehended a man with an outstanding warrant for sexual offense – soliciting…
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Guy Cuomo a/k/a “John Monaco,” age 54, of Frederick, Maryland, was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for computer fraud, misuse of a social security…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan charged an Indian man with helping run a scheme that defrauded thousands of victims, including the elderly, into buying unnecessary…
Seattle – A 34-year-old Bothell, Washington, man was sentenced today to five years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Ryan Kane pled guilty to Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent…
Seattle – A 36-year-old former Seattle tech worker was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of seven federal crimes connected to her scheme to hack into cloud computer…
LOS ANGELES – An Illinois man was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for running websites that allowed paying users to launch powerful distributed denial of service,…
NEWARK, N.J. – A Maryland man was indicted on money laundering charges related to money obtained through unlawful computer intrusions that targeted a New Jersey-based employee benefit and payroll management…
CHICAGO —A Chicago technology executive has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the…
NORWALK, CT – Andrew Cohen, 20, of Norwalk was arrested Sunday after it was learned that he was using the internet to transmit images of CASM. According to the Norwalk…
(Reuters) – Vancouver-based quantum computing firm D-Wave Systems Inc said on Thursday it has deployed its latest quantum computer to the University of Southern California. D-Wave’s most powerful machine, called…
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Idris Dayo Mustapha, a citizen of the United Kingdom, with computer intrusion, securities fraud, money laundering, bank fraud…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Vaugh Simon, 29, of Pearland, TX, was sentenced today to one year and three months in prison, and was ordered…
LYNDHURST, NJ – A Lyndhurst man has been arrested and charged after police were tipped off about his indecent online behavior. According to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, Vincent P.…