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New Trial Pending As DOJ Files More Charges Against Capital One Hacker
Security & Fraud // June 30, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has postponed the Capital One trial against alleged hacker Paige A. Thompson following new charges after additional victims were revealed, The Record reported Wednesday (June 30). The DOJ filed seven new charges against Thompson, who was a former Amazon...

Brazilian Bank’s Online Ops Hijacked
Security & Fraud // April 05, 2017

On Tuesday (April 4), Kaspersky Lab described how a group of hackers compromised a Brazilian bank’s operations top-to-bottom. The attack lasted for approximately three months last year and hit each of the bank’s 36 domains, corporate email and DNS, rendering all under the control of the...

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UK High Court Tells Binance To ID Crypto Hackers

August 13, 2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance must identify hackers and freeze their accounts after one of the company’s users said it was the victim of a hack worth $2.6 million, under the terms of a High Court of London order, per Friday (August 13) reports. The court’s judgment granted multiple requests by artificial intelligence (AI) company Fetch.ai for […]

New Trial Pending As DOJ Files More Charges Against Capital One Hacker

June 30, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has postponed the Capital One trial against alleged hacker Paige A. Thompson following new charges after additional victims were revealed, The Record reported Wednesday...

Brazilian Bank’s Online Ops Hijacked

April 05, 2017
On Tuesday (April 4), Kaspersky Lab described how a group of hackers compromised a Brazilian bank’s operations top-to-bottom. The attack lasted for approximately three months last year and hit each of...