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Ukrainian national Artem Stryzhak, 36, had pleaded guilty last year to charges related to participating in at least two well-known ransomware groups.

DOJ action against five foreign nationals — plus a sting in Madagascar — highlight the expanding global reach of the scam center industry.

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services says British police data has been breach several times this decade through third-party IT suppliers.

For about two hours on Monday, the organization diverted ambulances to health systems in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. They were forced to suspend outpatient surgeries and appointments for the remainder of the day.

Cybercriminals are stuffing infostealer malware into bogus apps aimed at tracking gas prices, police activity, drone strikes and other information of concern to average Russians, researchers said.

In an unusual move, the suit — brought under the state’s deceptive trade practices laws — seeks to hold founder and CEO Sam Altman personally liable for the alleged deception.

Serbian strongman leader Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday admitted defeat in his race for prime minister, a loss that follows a series of incidents of digital repression that galvanized the opposition.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara said Saturday that Starlink and Starshield connectivity had been restored.

44-year-old Zheng Zhao was allegedly a key money-launderer working with a group of scammers who called U.S.-based victims and urged them to invest in fictitious businesses.

CERT-UA says it has identified cases in which hackers compromised Dahua internet-connected cameras and video recorders, changed their settings and created unauthorized user accounts.

The banned items — a wireless video transmitter and dashboard camera — are made with chips manufactured by Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon, which markets its products as “designed for the surveillance market.”

In an era of hybrid threats, the British government wants to update the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885, which carries a maximum fine of £1,000 and five years’ imprisonment in cases of deliberate damage.

Nationwide lab test company Quest Diagnostics said one of its key systems may have experienced a breach of patient data.

The headline-grabbing bugs known colloquially as PHP2Shell are giving cyber analysts a lot to track — and a lot to debunk.

Late Wednesday night the Toronto chapter of Crime Stoppers broke ranks with the national association, revealing a timeline showing what it knew and when along with an announcement that it will pause operations.

The issue was publicized by cybersecurity researcher Scott Helme, who published a blog saying that instead of a random 384-bit number, one of the company's private keys was just the number four.

A Chinese government-aligned hacking group used automated tools to carry out the recent supply chain attack on IT management software company ConnectWise and is using the same techniques to try to compromise organizations around the globe, Microsoft said.

More than 1,400 suspected cybercriminals were arrested across Africa this summer as part of a crackdown on the gangs perpetrating online fraud, ransomware and business email compromise attacks, Interpol said.

The systems impacted by the attack include the MyColaSC platform that citizens use to pay utility bills, report non-emergency issues and access other city services.

The pair stressed the latest update showed no country is pursuing the technically challenging effort to interfere with or hack into the country’s election infrastructure or tamper directly with votes.