November 29, 2019

US tightens rules on drone use in policy update

When it comes to managing drones (Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS) the US Department of Justice wants Americans to know it’s on the case.

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October 25, 2019

Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies

He drained data from firms working on hot new technology, sneaking in with a fake access badge, planting hardware and software keyloggers.

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October 10, 2018

Cyber tormentor leaves a trail that lands him 17.5 years

Ryan S. Lin pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, distribution of child abuse imagery, hoax bomb threats, computer fraud and abuse, and ID theft.

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July 17, 2018

Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking

The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking.

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July 03, 2018

Immigrant identity thief and ICE lawyer gets four years

A former high-ranking lawyer at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to jail for four years after stealing the identities of US immigrants.

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July 02, 2018

Fake Bitcoin exchange traps drug dealers on the dark web

You never know who you’ll meet on the dark web. In the case of one money laundering operation, it turned out to be Homeland Security agents.

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June 21, 2018

So long! ‘The internet’s most inept criminal’ goes to jail

The FBI took six months to track him down - what they found was a disturbed hacker with "no skills".

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January 12, 2018

Man charged with spying on thousands of Mac users for 13 years

The technical description of the “Fruitfly” malware is spyware - but perhaps the term creepware would be more appropriate.

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November 22, 2017

Apple served with warrant for Texas mass killer’s iCloud data

Texas police are looking for any data stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself.

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