Tag: FBI
White supremacist plot to blow up electricity station using drone foiled by FBI sting
A white supremacist is accused of trying to destroy an electricity substation in Tennessee in an attempt to bring down the regional power...
U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director
Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders,...
Father of Georgia shooting suspect told investigators he bought weapon for son as holiday gift after FBI probe
The father of the suspect in a school shooting in Georgia that killed four people on Wednesday reportedly bought his son a high-powered...
US charges five Russian military hackers with targeting Ukraine’s government with destructive malware
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice accused five members of Russia’s military intelligence agency of hacking several Ukrainian government agencies, an unnamed...
FBI takes down ransomware gang that hacked dozens of companies
The FBI said Monday it seized the servers of a ransomware and extortion gang called Radar (aka Dispossessor). At the time of writing,...
How a cybersecurity researcher befriended, then doxed, the leader of LockBit ransomware gang
Earlier this year, an international coalition of law enforcement agencies took control of the dark web site of the notorious ransomware gang LockBit,...