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Patrol car driving in the night showing forged data requests to obtain Apple and Meta user data
Cyber SecurityNews

Hackers Able To Obtain Private User Data From Apple, Meta via Forged Law Enforcement Data Requests

April 4, 2022
Anonymous inside sources revealed that an attack campaign conducted in the middle of 2021 netted sensitive user data from Apple and Meta, with the hackers posing as legitimate law enforcement agencies.
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Handcuffs on a keyboard showing arrests for Lapsus$ hackers
Cyber SecurityNews

Suspected Lapsus$ Hackers Arrested; London Group Between the Ages of 16 and 21

March 30, 2022
Lapsus$ hackers appeared to be reckless – posting about their activities on Twitter and other social media sites, and reportedly broke into Zoom conference calls at the companies they had just breached to taunt employees.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Washington DC showing law enforcement access to secure messaging apps
Data PrivacyNews

FOIA Request Reveals Exactly What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Get From Secure Messaging Apps

January 7, 2022
In general, law enforcement does not have access to E22E messages sent via secure messaging apps. However, there is a workaround: message backups sitting in cloud storage services.
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Lock icon and login screen on laptop showing compromised passwords on Have I Been Pwned
Cyber SecurityNews

UK Law Enforcement Shares 585 Million Compromised Passwords With “Have I Been Pwned” Website, 225 Million Are New

December 28, 2021
UK law enforcement has shared over half a million compromised passwords found in cloud storage with Have I Been Pwned. The headline item is that over one-third of these passwords (about 225 million) have not been logged before.
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Unfocused image with security surveillance monitors in command center showing UK police data stolen by Russian hackers
Cyber SecurityNews

UK Police Data Leaked to Dark Web; Russian Hackers Hold 13 Million Records to Ransom

December 27, 2021
After an apparent refusal to pay a ransom demand, Russian hackers have leaked a sampling of 13 million records of UK police data to the dark web in retaliation. The records were stolen from a police contractor.
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Hammer, handcuff and dollars on wooden table showing REvil ransomware gang members arrested
Cyber SecurityNews

Affiliates of REvil Ransomware Group Arrested, $6 Million Seized

November 16, 2021
After its infrastructure went offline in October, there was widespread speculation that the REvil ransomware group was done for good. The likelihood of that increased with last week's apprehension of affiliates along with the seizure of $6.1 million.
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Woman in handcuffs behind bank notes showing law enforcement arrest of suspects for ransomware attacks
Cyber SecurityNews

Europol Arrested 12 High-valued Suspects Responsible for Over 1,800 Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure in 71 Countries

November 11, 2021
Suspects affiliated with a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform used in LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Dharma ransomware attacks were detained in Ukraine and Switzerland.
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Police cars at night chasing a car in the fog showing takedown of Emotet malware by law enforcement
Cyber SecurityNews

Emotet Malware Taken Down By Global Law Enforcement Effort, Cleanup Patch Pushed to 1.6 Million Infected Devices

April 30, 2021
An international law enforcement campaign that began in 2020 culminated in the infiltration and control of the botnet's infrastructure, with a beneficial payload delivered to infected devices that scrubs the Emotet malware.
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Coinbase on mobile phone showing Coinbase transparency report with information requests from US law enforcement agencies
Data PrivacyNews

Coinbase Transparency Report Reveals Vast Majority of Information Requests Come From US Law Enforcement Agencies

October 29, 2020
US law enforcement agencies make up the majority of the information requests and nearly all of the ‘three letter’ players are getting in on the action, from the FBI to the IRS.
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Locks on mobile phone showing phone extraction by law enforcement
Data PrivacyNews

US Law Enforcement Agencies Commonly Subject Suspects To Phone Extraction Without Warrants, or for Inappropriate Offenses

October 28, 2020
New report paints a picture of US law enforcement agencies that are stocked with advanced phone extraction tools and are very eager to use them, even when it is not legally appropriate.
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White House Budget for 2024 Cybersecurity Spending: More Funding for CISA, Modernization of Online Government Services

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Massive Data Breach at Healthcare Provider ILS Compromises Millions of Patients

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Can Security Keep Up With ChatGPT Evolutions?

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FBI Annual Internet Crime Report Finds Hot New Trend in Online Scams: “Pig Butchering”

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