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US mergers doubled in 2021 so FTC and DoJ seek new guidelines to stop illegal ones
Last set of rules written in 2010 – a whole different era in tech terms
19 Jan 2022 12:31 | 3
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Legal
Microsoft signs settlement with US Justice Dept over 'immigration-related discrimination' claims
Must revise visa evaluation process
08 Dec 2021 15:37 | 10
Personal Tech
What, Uber charges disabled people fees for taking a while to get into their ride? Doesn't seem fair, says Uncle Sam
Plus: Trips now more expensive in the UK to woo new drivers, tackle demand
11 Nov 2021 23:00 | 27
Personal Tech
Allegations of favoring visa holders over US workers for jobs cost Facebook just 4 hours of annual profit
And that $14.25m is supposed to be some kind of record
19 Oct 2021 23:20 | 16
Security
US nuke sub plans leaked on SD card hidden in peanut butter sandwich, claims FBI
Docs were smuggled past security and sold for $110K of Monero after ProtonMail exchanges between 'Alice and 'Bob'
11 Oct 2021 01:20 | 85
Security
Zoom's $15bn merger with Five9 probed by Uncle Sam for national security risks
Vid-chat giant's ties to China under the microscope by AG-led panel
22 Sep 2021 23:46 | 7
Legal
Tech scammer who fooled Cisco, Microsoft and Lenovo out of millions jailed for more than seven years
Networking giant alone taken for $3.5m
04 Jun 2021 11:08 | 16
Security
Swiss security provocateur who leaked Intel secrets indicted by US authorities
Tillie Kottmann may also have helped with Verkada vid-cam exploit and other cracks, now accused of fraud on top of merry pranking
19 Mar 2021 04:59 | 14
SaaS
Google tells court: Our rivals gave US govt confidential dirt on us to fuel antitrust case. Now we want to see it
Dept of Justice lawyers: No way
17 Nov 2020 00:23 | 11
Analysis
Google screwed rivals to protect monopoly, says Uncle Sam in antitrust lawsuit: We go inside the Sherman parked on a Silicon Valley lawn
Search engine giant has officially become 1990s Microsoft
20 Oct 2020 18:31 | 105
Security
Former antivirus baron John McAfee collared, faces extradition to America on tax evasion, securities allegations
He paid more or less than $750, though?
06 Oct 2020 02:42 | 111
Security
How's this for overachieving? Man accused of running software outfit as a Ponzi scheme while on parole from previous fraud
He masterminded $7m scam from halfway house, Feds claim
02 Oct 2020 03:10 | 16
Science
Prepare your shocked faces: Crypto-coin exchange boss laundered millions of bucks for online auction crooks
Scumbag found guilty for his role in large-scale cyber-fraud ring
30 Sep 2020 06:03 | 25
Analysis
Uncle Sam's legal eagles finally make up their mind on internet giants' Get Out Of Jail Free card – and it's not as bad as you may fear
Proposed Section 230 overhaul shockingly free of hyperbole
23 Sep 2020 23:52 | 18
Security
Good: US boasts it collared two in Chinese hacking bust. Bad: They aren't the actual hackers, rest are safe in China
Ugly: And it's all about video game robberies at this stage
16 Sep 2020 19:41 | 5
Networks
CenturyLink caught trying to steal customers despite promising court it wouldn’t, promises it won't do it again
Two-faced ISP gets $250,000 tickle, will be watched by independent monitor
17 Aug 2020 23:57 | 17
In brief
Feds seize 'largest ever' haul of crypto-dosh from terrorists – including coins from 'fake' pandemic mask web store
Plus: Someone's gunning for Mac developers
17 Aug 2020 06:20 | 10
In Brief
Psst.. You may want to patch this under-attack data-leaking Cisco bug – and these Ripple20 hijack flaws
Plus: US govt sounds the alarm on industrial equipment attacks
25 Jul 2020 01:14 | 4
In Brief
CyberX, CyberX, does whatever a CyberX does. Locks IoT, machines too, Microsoft got it, so will you
Plus: DDoS'er jailed, and more
29 Jun 2020 05:04 | 3
Analysis
For years, the internet giants have held on dear to their get-out-of-jail-free card. Here are those trying to take that away
Soon it'll be known as Section 230 because there are 230 suggested solutions to overhaul it
18 Jun 2020 01:47 | 35
Networks
Count how many times the Feds checked Chinese telcos in America weren't spying. Only one hand needed
Meanwhile, Zoom axes account used to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre
11 Jun 2020 01:28 | 10
Security
Attorney General: We didn't need Apple to crack terrorist's iPhones – tho we still want iGiant to do it in future
Feds gain access to military base shooter's mobes using outside tools
18 May 2020 22:09 | 46
Personal Tech
Uncle Sam turns the screws on VoIP providers allegedly used by coronavirus, tax, bogus tech support scammers
This being America, they weren't too hard on most of them
31 Mar 2020 00:17 | 4
Updated
Huawei to the danger zone: Now Uncle Sam slaps it with 16 charges of racketeering, fraud, money laundering, theft of robot arm and source code
CFO – and daughter of founder Ren Zhengfei – Meng Wanzhou named in fresh criminal indictment
13 Feb 2020 20:35 | 64
On-Prem
Bank IT bod pocketed nearly $1m in kickbacks from tech contractor bosses for sending deals their way, Feds claim
Cuffed procurement bureaucrat took percentage cut, it is alleged
21 Jan 2020 22:34 | 10
Personal Tech
How many steps was that, then? Uncle Sam's lawyers, watchdog race to probe Google's Fitbit gobble
Justice Department wins chance to track fitness-tracking purchase
12 Dec 2019 00:32 | 11
OSes
OpenBSD bugs, Microsoft's bad update, a new Nork hacking crew, and more
Meanwhile, the DOJ sets its sights on money mules
07 Dec 2019 10:01 | 16
Personal Tech
It's 2019 so, of course, there's alleged ad fraud to the tune of $1bn in tech pushed to doctors
Execs accused of inflating advert views and sales on fondleslabs, signs installed in medical offices
26 Nov 2019 21:22 | 11
Security
Surveillance kit slinger accused of slapping 'Made in America' on Chinese gear, selling it to the US government
But sure, it's Huawei that's the big security threat
08 Nov 2019 01:57 | 37
Security
Hundreds charged in internet's biggest child-abuse swap-shop site bust: IP addy leak led cops to sys-op's home
23 kids saved, alleged scumbag-in-chief already in jail
16 Oct 2019 20:28 | 79
Security
US charges Singapore coin miner with conning cloud firms out of compute time
Man alleged to have faked identity as game developer
09 Oct 2019 23:47 | 18
Security
Here we go again: US govt tells Facebook to kill end-to-end encryption for the sake of the children
Uncle Sam calls on tech giants to open up platforms for government snooping
04 Oct 2019 19:15 | 168
Security
Nice work if you can grift it: Two blokes accused of swindling $10m from the elderly with bogus virus infection alerts
~~~WaRNiG!! Ur PC has THe Da Vinci m4Lw4rez!! CaLL 1-555-NOSCAM 2 f!x it~~~
20 Sep 2019 01:37 | 21
Networks
Uncle Sam is Huawei out of line with these hacking attacks, patent probes, Chinese mobe maker sighs
Comms giant says camera patent claims are a front for government intrusion
03 Sep 2019 20:38 | 11
Storage
NHK Spring cops to hard drive price fixing, coughs up $28.5m fine – and promises to sing like a canary
Japanese manufacturer could help bring down co-conspirators in rip-off caper
30 Jul 2019 01:11 | 2
Personal Tech
Spri-Mobile? T-Print? Time to think of a nickname: The Sprint/T-Mobile US merger is go
Uncle Sam's legal eagles sign off on $26bn mega-mashup – multiple states still not happy with biz deal
26 Jul 2019 20:09 | 33
Personal Tech
Privacy? Watchdogs? Fines? Whatever, nerds, more people than ever are using Facebook and filling its deep coffers
Zuck to Uncle Sam: Go ahead, regulate me, regulate me like the naughty little founder I am
24 Jul 2019 22:51 | 19
Legal
Here we go: Uncle Sam launches antitrust probe into *cough* Facebook, Google *cough* Amazon *splutter* Twitter...
No names given, probably because we all know who they're talking about
23 Jul 2019 23:11 | 55
On-Prem
Microsoft breaks out checkbook, turns Hungarian 'bribe' charge into a mere 'settlement'
Brad's big bucks banish bothersome Budapest bung
22 Jul 2019 19:04 | 11
Security
When Harry met celly: NSA hoarder thrown in the clink for 9 years – after taking classified work home for decades
Contractor Martin sentenced for squirreling away 50TB of hush-hush files, exploits
19 Jul 2019 20:55 | 37
Security
Train maker's coder goes loco, choo-choo-chooses to flee to China with top-secret code – allegedly
Good luck ever finding this guy again after, dare we say, his life jumped the tracks
12 Jul 2019 00:38 | 152
Networks
FCC adviser and fiber telco CEO thrown in the clink for five years after conning investors out of $270m with fake deals
Funnily enough, she was keen to slash infrastructure investment red-tape
26 Jun 2019 00:46 | 12
On-Prem
You like magic tricks? See this claim that IBM bungled an Obamacare IT project? Whoosh, now it's a $15m check
Big Blue hands over spare change to make allegations against subsidiary vanish
14 Jun 2019 20:27 | 30
Comment
Anyone else find it weird that the bloke tasked with probing tech giants for antitrust abuses used to, um, work for the same tech giants?
No, of course not. It's all perfectly fine
13 Jun 2019 21:29 | 79
Security
Uncle Sam accuses Chinese pair of romping through Anthem's servers for almost a year
Fujie charged with killing them softly with his scripts. And by them, we mean, the health insurance giant's computers
09 May 2019 23:30 | 10
Security
Air Force intel bod Daniel Hale charged with 'leaking top secret drone documents' to journo
Soldier's pilfered docs provided basis for robo-aircraft news reports, say US prosecutors
09 May 2019 20:41 | 10
Security
Cyber-sec biz Fortinet coughs up $545,000 after 'flogging' rebadged Chinese kit to Uncle Sam – but why so low? We may be able to explain
Rogue employee takes blame, seems he ain't no Fortinet son
17 Apr 2019 01:40 | 8
Security
Bucharest's Bayrob boys blasted based on bogus buys, Bitcoin banditry, bound to be behind bars
Romanian duo catch 21 felony convictions for selling details of hacked machines on darknet
12 Apr 2019 17:00 | 3
Roundup
FBI catches heat, HS kids catch a hacking rap, and Albany catches a ransomware infection
Plus, JavaScript card sniffer's go under the microscope
06 Apr 2019 11:56 | 11
Roundup
Slack slings crypto-keys at big biz, union gets worked over, VPN owners probed, trolls trouble vets, and more
Plus, two crooks craft a veritable fraudocopia
24 Mar 2019 10:34 | 15
Security
Carolina coward fesses up: I was a tech support scambag, and I made millions out of defrauding the elderly
You're free to bash the Bishap
21 Mar 2019 02:13 | 44
Analysis
Team America tries to crash Little Rocket Man's Joanap botnet from within, warns owners of infected boxes
So lonely, so lonely without my hacked PCs
31 Jan 2019 02:27 | 14
Personal Tech
US prosecutors: Hey, you know how we said 'net gambling was OK? LMAO, we were wrong
2011 ban on interstate, foreign sports betting extended to online lotteries, poker, casinos
16 Jan 2019 01:55 | 38
Networks
Huawei CFO poutine cuffs by Canadian cops after allegedly busting sanctions on Iran
Exec could face trial in the US for 'cutting deals' with White House's Middle East bête noire
06 Dec 2018 01:34 | 70
Security
WhamWham, bambam, no thank you, SamSam: Iranians accused by the Feds of orchestrating ransomware outbreak
Duo raked in $6m in extortion payments after scrambling victims' files, it is claimed
28 Nov 2018 22:01 | 15
Analysis
The ink's not dry on California'a new net neutrality law and the US govt is already suing
Ding-ding, round three in the internet access battle begins
01 Oct 2018 18:52 | 47
Security
Princely five years in US big house for Nigerian biz email scammer
Bloke copped to $25m spear-phishing shenanigans
13 Sep 2018 21:12 | 19
Security
Florida Man laundered money for Reveton ransomware. Then Microsoft hired him
Former network engineer gets 18 months in the clink
15 Aug 2018 00:03 | 12
Security
Crypto gripes, election security, and mandatory cybersec school: Uncle Sam's cyber task force emits todo list for govt
In detail: The threats facing America's computer networks
20 Jul 2018 19:12 | 18
Security
Four US govt agencies poke probe in Facebook following more 'oops, we spilled your data' shocks
Giving dozens of devs access to profiles suddenly looks dumb
03 Jul 2018 18:16 | 30
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