FBI Says Russian Hackers Scanning U.S. Energy Systems and Pose ‘Current’ Threat March 30, 2022 By Sarah N. Lynch Russian hackers have been scanning the systems of energy companies and other critical infrastructure in the United States, and state-sponsored...
Russian Agents Charged with Targeting U.S. Nuclear Plant, Saudi Oil Refinery March 25, 2022 By Sarah N. Lynch and Raphael Satter U.S. and British officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of running a years-long campaign to hack into critical infrastructure,...
Couple Accused of Laundering $4.5B in Bitcoin Tied to 2016 Hack February 9, 2022 By Sarah N. Lynch, Raphael Satter and Luc Cohen The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it has unraveled its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft, seizing a record-shattering $3.6 billion in...
‘We Cannot Do This Alone.’ Biden Cyber Crime Fighter Seeks Corporate Help. October 21, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has a message for corporate America: The U.S. Justice Department needs its help in...
Facebook Hits Back Against Biden Team Blaming It for Vaccine Misinformation July 19, 2021 By Joel Schectman and Sarah N. Lynch U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy stood by federal guidance that those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer needed to wear...
U.S. Charges 3 North Koreans in $1.3B Hacking of Banks, Sony, Others February 18, 2021 By Mark Hosenball, Raphael Satter and Sarah N. Lynch The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than...
Justice Department Charges Facebook With Hiring Bias Against U.S. Workers December 4, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch, Nandita Bose and Katie Paul The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc. on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the...
Judge Blocks Trump ‘Secretive’ Commission Report on Police and Civil Justice October 2, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission – saying it...
U.S. Charges North Korean Hacker for WannaCry and Sony Cyber Attacks September 7, 2018 By Christopher Bing and Sarah N. Lynch The U.S. government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and...
FBI Urges Rebooting, Upgrading Office, Home Routers After Russian Hacking May 29, 2018 By Joseph Menn and Sarah N. Lynch The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and...