#Department of Justice
9 stories taggedDepartment of Justice.
Florida Ransomware 'Expert' Charged With Secretly Paying the Hackers He Promised to Beat
Zohar Pinhasi, owner of MonsterCloud, is accused of billing victims millions while quietly funding the criminals who locked their files.
Russian man charged with infecting 80,000 freelancers through fake Excel attachments
Searzhudin Aktulaev allegedly used 255 fake accounts on a freelance work platform to spread TVRAT and DarkVNC remote-control malware between 2016 and 2017.
Five Venezuelans Admit to ATM 'Jackpotting' Plot That Cost US Banks Millions
The men tried to force cash machines in Kansas to spit out cash using malware. Surveillance cameras caught them, and federal prosecutors say they are part of a wider wave that stole more than $20 million last year.
US firearms agency ATF confirms 'major incident' as Qilin ransomware gang lists it as a victim
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says a standalone system was breached. Qilin added ATF to its dark web leak site the same day.
Tennessee Man Gets 77 Years for Running Online Abuse Network Targeting Girls
A federal court sentenced Kyle Spitze, 27, to 77 years in prison for crimes tied to the 764 network, an online extremist group the FBI describes as a form of modern-day terrorism.
FBI Probe Into Chinese Espionage Front Ensnares a Small Brisbane Consultancy
A legitimate Australian firm called Horizzen found itself flooded with job applications meant for a fake version of its business. That fake site was one of 13 seized by the US Department of Justice as part of an alleged Chinese espionage operation.
Contractor Jailed Two Years After $2.5M Extortion Attempt Against Brightly Software
Cameron Curry stole payroll data on his way out the door, then threatened to report his ex-employer to the SEC unless it paid up.
US Takes Down 1,000+ Sites Streaming the 2026 World Cup for Free
Operation Offsides and Operation Red Card blocked nearly 3,000 domains and arrested four suspected pirates in Colombia, with FIFA, Warner Bros and NBCUniversal feeding the leads.
New York Duo Charged With Laundering $43 Million From 'Pig Butchering' Investment Scams
Federal prosecutors say Zhuoying Chen and Haojie Zhang ran a shell-company money mule network that moved victim funds from Queens and Brooklyn bank accounts to China.