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Director Christopher Wray has named Charles A. Dayoub as the special agent in charge of the Kansas City Field Office in Missouri.

IT Administrator Sentenced for Sabotaging Employer Lockdown hasnt ended for one vengeful IT professional who carried out a cyber-attack against his former employer.  Levi Delgado, of Middletown, Delaware, was sentenced on Wednesday to home confinement after hacking into a companys computer network, deleting its data and disabling user accounts. The 36-year-old cyber-criminal had been employed as an information technology administrator at a medical center that provides care to under-served co...

The city learned of the attack Friday, Feb. 26, according to a video statement from the city’s public information officer, and leaders called the governor’s office to send help with the investigation.

Binary Defense Announces Addition to Leadership Team, Two Vice President Promotions Share Article Binary Defense is pleased to announce that Ian Kreitenstein has joined as the organizations new VP of Software Development. In addition, the company has promoted Randy Pargman and David White to Vice President. With Binary Defense poised for growth, it’s important to have the right people leading up our key solutions and initiatives,” -Mike Valentine, Binary Defense CEO ...

A fired Stradis Healthcare employee sought revenge by tampering with shipping data for desperately needed healthcare PPE. The FBI has announced that Christopher Dobbins pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year in prison for breaching and temporarily disabling the Stradis Healthcare shipping system using a secret account, after being fired weeks earlier. Last March, as doctors reported having to ration and reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) to treat COVID-19 patients, Georgia-based Stra...

Disgruntled Former Employee Disrupted Shipments of Needed PPE During Pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States last spring, a Georgia-based medical equipment packaging company worked to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to medical workers treating sick patients. But a disgruntled former employee thwarted those efforts at a time when protective equipment was desperately needed. Christopher Dobbins, a vice-president in the company who’d been fired a few weeks earlier, ...