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FBI
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Couple sold nuclear warship data hidden in peanut butter sandwich
The couple used a bubble gum package and peanut butter sandwich to hide SD card with sensitive data and sell it to undercover FBI agents.
October 11, 2021
FBI warns of ransomware attacks against Food and Agriculture sectors
According to the agency, the impact of these ransomware attacks can be devastating for both small to big businesses.
September 3, 2021
US Govt’s secret terrorist watchlist with 2M records exposed online
The watchlist was exposed on a misconfigured server hosted on a Bahrain IP address instead of a US one.
August 17, 2021
Domain, server of DoubleVPN used by ransomware gangs seized
US, Canada, and European authorities took part in the operation which ended up seizing cybercriminals' access to and infrastructure of DoubleVPN.
June 30, 2021
US seizes official website of Iranian state-owned Press TV
With Press TV; there are at least 6 regional websites that are currently displaying notices of seizure apparently uploaded by the US authorities.
June 22, 2021
800+ criminals arrested after FBI turned Anom app into honeypot
The FBI took control of the encrypted communication platform Anom app in 2018 and transformed it into a large-scale honeypot.
June 8, 2021
FBI recovers millions in ransom from DarkSide ransomware gang
The DarkSide ransomware gang was behind the attack on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States.
June 8, 2021
Fake ransom scams targeting families of missing persons
FBI has issued an alert to families of missing persons to watch out for fake ransom scams in which scammers collect information about missing people from social media.
May 20, 2021
FBI accessing computers across US to remove malicious web shells
FBI is Accessing Computers Across the Us to Prevent Hafnium from Exploiting MS Exchange Server Vulnerabilities - All without telling owners.
April 14, 2021
Hackers exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet VPN – FBI-CISA
According to CISA and the FBI, advanced persistent threat (APT) nation-state actors are exploiting known vulnerabilities in the Fortinet FortiOS.
April 5, 2021