United States Department of Justice

Lawsuit seeks to probe Uncle Sam's role in ICE-tracking app takedowns

EFF wants to know if citizens had their First Amendment rights violated

Applications21 Nov 2025 | 42

Fired techie admits sabotaging ex-employer, causing $862K in damage

PowerShell script locked thousands of workers out of their accounts

Cyber-crime20 Nov 2025 | 30

Selling your identity to North Korean IT scammers isn't a sustainable side hustle

Four US citizens tried it, and the DoJ just secured guilty pleas from all of 'em

Security17 Nov 2025 | 13

China hates crypto and scams, but is now outraged USA acquired bitcoin from a scammer

A new theory from the agency that brought us ‘America hacked itself to blame Beijing’

Cyber-crime12 Nov 2025 | 12

Uncle Sam lets Google take Wiz for $32B

Second time's the charm for after Wiz rejected Google's $23B offer last year

Security05 Nov 2025 | 3

Senators accuse Smithsonian of 'illegal lobbying' over Discovery squabbles

Cornyn & co ask DoJ to probe respected research institution for trying to 'influence' public

Science23 Oct 2025 | 90

BreachForums kingpin goes from walk-free deal to 3-year stretch

Prosecutors say Conor Fitzpatrick's crimes caused 'incalculable' damage

Cyber-crime17 Sep 2025 | 4

Uncle Sam indicts alleged ransomware kingpin tied to $18B in damages

Prosecutors claim Ukrainian ran LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ops – $11M bounty on his head

Cyber-crime10 Sep 2025 | 3

Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up

Ad giant won't be broken up, forced to offload Chrome or Android, thanks to AI

Legal03 Sep 2025 | 28

Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness

Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring

Cyber-crime26 Aug 2025 | 10

BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown

US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang - but the crooks remain at large

Cyber-crime12 Aug 2025 |

Gene scanner pays $9.8 million to get feds off its back in security flap

Illumina allegedly lied about its testing devices meeting government standards

Security31 Jul 2025 | 4

Silk Typhoon spun a web of patents for offensive cyber tools, report says

US court docs reveal that infamous Chinese snoops filed IP papers like tax returns

Research31 Jul 2025 | 3

Taxman picks up $140M tab after Cadence fined for China export violations

Changes enacted in Trump's budget cover cost of penalty

Systems29 Jul 2025 | 1

IT consultancy settles US battle over alleged $14.75M government contract fraud

Outfit was accused of charging for specialist IT labor performed by uncertified folks

Public Sector15 Jul 2025 | 2

Huawei can't wriggle out of Iran sanctions trial, judge rules

Dismissal bid denied as 16-count indictment moves toward court in May 2026

Networks02 Jul 2025 | 4

US shuts down a string of North Korean IT worker scams

Resulting in two indictments, one arrest, and 137 laptops seized

Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 1

DoJ clears HPE to buy Juniper if it sells Instant On Wi-Fi and licenses some code

Which it will, happily, to create a networking biz that’s still far smaller than Cisco’s or Nvidia’s

Networks30 Jun 2025 | 5

Uncle Sam moves to seize $7.7M laundered by North Korean IT worker ring

The cash has been frozen for more than two years

Security06 Jun 2025 | 3

BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar

Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation

Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3

HPE working on Plan B if DoJ nixes the Juniper deal it rates as shareholders' rocket to riches

AI sales are a little 'lumpy' but all things hybrid cloud are going well - including job cuts

PaaS + IaaS04 Jun 2025 | 4

Feds arrest DoD techie, claim he dumped top secret files in park for foreign spies to find

28-year-old alleged to have made multiple drops to folks who turned out to be undercover FBI agents

Security30 May 2025 | 38

Feds charge three over Molotov attacks on Tesla sites in multiple states

Attorney General warns people tempted to join 'wave of domestic terrorism'

Legal21 Mar 2025 | 92

Google's Chrome divorce still on the cards as Trump's DoJ plays hardball

$1M donation to inauguration fund and a personal appearance by Pichai appear to have been pointless

Applications10 Mar 2025 | 34

Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks

Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox

Cyber-crime06 Mar 2025 | 4

HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive

Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks

Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9

Man who SIM-swapped the SEC's X account pleads guilty

Said to have asked search engine 'What are some signs that the FBI is after you?'

Cyber-crime11 Feb 2025 | 9

US cranks up espionage charges against ex-Googler accused of trade secrets heist

Mountain View clocked onto the scheme with days to spare

AI + ML05 Feb 2025 | 15

Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft

Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery

Personal Tech03 Feb 2025 | 66

Gilmore Girls fans nabbed as Eurocops dismantle two major cybercrime forums

Nulled and Cracked had a Lorelai-cal rise - until Operation Talent stepped in

Security02 Feb 2025 | 2

North Korean dev who renamed himself 'Bane' accused of IT worker fraud caper

5 indicted as FBI warns North Korea dials up aggression, plus Russian devs allegedly get in on the act

Cyber-crime24 Jan 2025 | 2

Telco engineer who spied on US employer for Beijing gets four years in the clink

Provides insight to how China gets inside US systems, perhaps at Verizon and Infosys

Cyber-crime27 Nov 2024 | 15

Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed

Complaint claims he trespassed, gave himself discounts, and sorted CCTV access…

Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 24

Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon

Opinion Haven't we heard this story before?

Columnists23 Nov 2024 | 73

Pirate programmer walks the plank for role in massive TV streaming operation

US considers the cases concerning Jetflicks to be the largest of their kind

Personal Tech18 Nov 2024 | 32

Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist

A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink

Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 3

Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence

Serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 6

Dark web crypto laundering kingpin sentenced to 12.5 years in prison

Prosecutors hand Russo-Swede a half-billion bill

Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 23

$50M semiconductor fraudster pleads guilty to Russian chip-exporting scheme

And separately, alleged ex-military traitor also arrested in Frankfurt

Systems08 Nov 2024 | 9

Penn State pays DoJ $1.25M to settle cybersecurity compliance case

Fight On, State? Not this time

Security23 Oct 2024 | 3

US contractor pays $300K to settle accusation it didn't properly look after Medicare users' data

Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled

Security16 Oct 2024 | 7

US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse

Fabless chip shop alleged to be hiring 'litigation hit men' to kneecap rival

Legal09 Oct 2024 | 4

Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam

Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina

Security03 Oct 2024 | 13

Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe

Comment Alleged inquiry comes amid claims server maker cooked its books

Systems26 Sep 2024 |

Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors

Crikey! $40M of investments in 'digital employees' allegedly went down faster than a frosty Fosters

Legal26 Sep 2024 | 14

If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ

Add compliance requirements to your AI to-do list

AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 31

US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist

Just one victim milked of nearly a quarter of a billion bucks

Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 25

Prison just got rougher as band of heinously violent cybercrims sentenced to lengthy stints

Orchestrators of abductions, torture, crypto thefts, and more get their comeuppance

Cyber-crime16 Sep 2024 | 18

Feds pull plug on domains linked to import of Chinese gun conversion devices

Illegal goods allegedly shipped to the US labeled as toys or jewels

Cyber-crime13 Sep 2024 | 30

DoJ reportedly advances Nvidia antitrust probe

Updated Uncle Sam apparently worried GPU giant may be punishing customers who shop around

AI + ML04 Sep 2024 | 5

Watchdog warns FBI is sloppy on secure data storage and destruction

update National security data up for grabs, Office of the Inspector General finds

Security26 Aug 2024 | 6

US sues Georgia Tech over alleged cybersecurity failings as a Pentagon contractor

Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle

Security23 Aug 2024 | 23

Russian man who sold logins to nearly 3,000 accounts gets 40 months in jail

He’ll also have to pay back $1.2 million from fraudulent transactions he facilitated

Cyber-crime15 Aug 2024 | 5

US 'laptop farm' man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Korea to fund weapons programs

American and Brit firms thought they were employing a Westerner, but not so, it's alleged

CSO08 Aug 2024 | 19

Uncle Sam sues TikTok for 'extensive' data harvesting from millions of kids

Remember that promise to be nice? You broke it, say prosecutors

Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 30

Bring the hammer down on Nvidia, US progressive and antitrust orgs urge the Feds

Lobbyists would love for rumors of a monopoly probe into GPU goliath to become reality

Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 11