Cybercrime

The Justice Department and the federal court system disclosed on Wednesday that they were among the dozens of U.S. government agencies and private businesses compromised by a massive, monthslong cyberespionage campaign that U.S. officials have linked to elite Russian hackers.

The nation’s top national security agencies released a joint statement on Tuesday saying that a monthslong cyber attack on software company SolarWinds “was likely Russian in origin.”

Ransomware wreaked havoc in 2020. It may be even worse this year.

An East Tennessee lawmaker said Monday called for stronger oversight of the nation's telecommunications grid after a Christmas Day bombing in Nashville partially temporarily crippled infrastructure that caused 911 outages and sudden unreliability in regional phone service.

A long and tedious job is waiting for U.S. government researchers to understand the depth and veracity of the suspected Russian cyber-attack on several government institutions.

A Virginia man who was arrested and charged for cyberstalking a young woman in connection with a sextortion scheme followed a familiar pattern, authorities said.

More than 1,400 hacked photos of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's mistress, Sineenatra ‘Koi’ Wongvajirapakdi, have reportedly been sent to various individuals in an attempt to embarrass her as factions of the Royal family feud. 

President-elect Joe Biden is placing blame for the serious cyber hack of numerous federal government agencies and major companies on President Trump and pledged that "we will respond" when it’s determined which country is behind the damage.

The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, taking further action against China in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trump’s term.

Fellow at the Center for a New American Study Kara Frederick with insight.