Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday (Feb. 16) threatened to revoke ousted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail. That’s if the former crypto wunderkind doesn’t agree to stricter restrictions placed on his use of electronic devices, apps, and access to the internet, per a Bloomberg report....
The lawsuit against Amir Golestan and his web-services provider firm Micfo is shedding light on the ecosystem that governs the world of online spammers and hackers, a Wall Street Journal article said on Monday (Feb. 17). In this first-of-its-kind fraud prosecution of a small technology company,...
U.S.-backed virtual private networks (VPNs) are working to help Iranians circumvent internet censorship from their own government. The outreach is intended to help anti-regime protesters get access to free internet and secure messaging, with the U.S. government supporting protesters inside Iran. The outreach aims to...
Stripe’s first Radar product prevented $4 billion in attempted fraud throughout 2017. Today, April 18, the tech platform for internet businesses is announcing Radar 2.0 — a version of Radar for dedicated fraud teams at the enterprise level. The Radar machine learning algorithms have spent...
March 05, 2023
Federal prosecutors want to send Sam Bankman-Fried back in time, technologically speaking. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended that the accused cryptocurrency fraudster be limited to the use of a flip phone without internet access, and a basic laptop, Reuters reported Saturday (March 4), citing court documents. The recommendation is part of a […]
February 18, 2020
The lawsuit against Amir Golestan and his web-services provider firm Micfo is shedding light on the ecosystem that governs the world of online spammers and hackers, a Wall Street Journal article...
January 20, 2020
U.S.-backed virtual private networks (VPNs) are working to help Iranians circumvent internet censorship from their own government. The outreach is intended to help anti-regime protesters get access to free internet...
July 31, 2017
Apple has reportedly removed VPN apps from its store in China. Virtual private networks (VPNs) could enable users to access China’s uncensored Internet. The Associated Press cited companies that create...
