Do Son TikTok and ByteDance finalize a massive $400 million settlement with the US Department of Justice, resolving severe violations of children's privacy laws.
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A massive Conti ransomware guilty plea reveals how these devastating ransomware attacks extorted $150 million from thousands of global victims.
A Romanian hacker sentenced to prison following an identity theft conviction and selling access to a US government network infrastructure.
Former ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to working with BlackCat to extort his own clients. $10M in luxury assets seized. Facing 20 years.
Tyler Buchanan pleads guilty in US court for an $8M cyber heist. Discover how SMS phishing and SIM swapping bypassed 2FA to drain corporate & crypto assets.
RedLine architect Hambardzum Minasyan is extradited to the U.S. to face 50 years in prison for his role in the global malware empire and Operation Magnus.
Russian national Aleksei Volkov was sentenced to 81 months in prison and ordered to pay $9.1M for his role as an access broker in major U.S. ransomware attacks.
The DOJ and 38 states have filed a cross-appeal to force Google to sell Chrome, arguing that current "modest" search monopoly sanctions are not enough.
Google appeals the 2024 search monopoly ruling in Jan 2026, fighting a federal mandate to share its proprietary search data and index with competitors.
Two US cybersecurity pros, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, plead guilty to moonlighting as ALPHV/BlackCat affiliates, extorting $1.2M from victims.
The DOJ unsealed an indictment against OmegaPro founders for a $650M global crypto Ponzi scheme. They face charges for defrauding investors with fake forex trading promises.
The DOJ is criminally investigating a former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator for allegedly colluding with hackers and taking a cut of ransom payments, a betrayal of client trust.
A US federal judge denied Apple's motion to dismiss the DOJ antitrust lawsuit. The case, accusing Apple of anticompetitive practices in the iPhone ecosystem, will proceed.
Google appeals the DOJ order to divest its Chrome browser, calling it radical and harmful to consumers. OpenAI shows interest, while Mozilla warns of Firefox's end.
A U.S. court ruled Google illegally monopolized the ad tech market, harming competition and limiting ad choices.
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