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The government is taking cybercrime more seriously than ever, but it should do a lot more than it has done so far, experts say.

Researchers discovered an unidentified malware that created a 1.2TB database of personal records stolen from 3.25 million PCs between 2018 and 2020.

Print this article The FBI claimed it recovered millions of dollars in Bitcoin paid as ransom during the attack against the Colonial Pipeline — a feat that is now generating more questions than answers. The Justice Department and the FBI announced Monday it had seized 63.7 bitcoins (worth about $2.3 million at the time) from a Bitcoin wallet thought to be controlled by cybercriminals tied to a Russia-based collective called DarkSide, which operates off a “ransom as service” model. Recovery of the cryptocurrency ransom from its presumably savvy holders, especially in such a short time,...

WASHINGTON — A Latvian woman has been charged with developing malicious software used by a cybercrime organization that infected computers worldwide and looted bank accounts of millions of dollars, the Justice Department said Friday. Alla Witte is charged as part of a 47-count indictment with participating in an organization known as the Trickbot Group, which…

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday admitted that U.S. adversaries currently have the capability to shut down U.S. power grids with cyberattacks.