Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site(krebsonsecurity.com)

251 points by Bender 5 days ago | 148 comments

KrebsOnSecurity report that federal investigators suspect a U.S. ransomware negotiation firm executive helped run the ShinyHunters group's extortion website.

Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers(krebsonsecurity.com)

21 points by Timothee 2 years ago | 2 comments

Hackers stole access tokens from Okta's support unit(krebsonsecurity.com)

279 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 137 comments

Iran-backed hackers claim wiper attack on medtech firm Stryker(krebsonsecurity.com)

178 points by 2bluesc 7 months ago | 104 comments

Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder 'MrICQ' in U.S. Custody(krebsonsecurity.com)

165 points by todsacerdoti 11 months ago | 65 comments

German police name alleged leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware groups(krebsonsecurity.com)

314 points by Bender 6 months ago | 154 comments

Despite Doubts, Federal Cyber Experts Approved Microsoft Cloud Service(propublica.org)

449 points by hn_acker 7 months ago | 206 comments

ProPublica investigation into how federal cybersecurity reviewers approved Microsoft's cloud service under FedRAMP despite serious doubts about its security.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report(dexerto.com)

416 points by randycupertino 8 months ago | 211 comments

Dexerto news article reporting that the acting US cybersecurity chief uploaded sensitive government files to ChatGPT.

Thief of $90M in seized U.S.-controlled crypto is gov't contractor's son(web3isgoinggreat.com)

321 points by pavel_lishin 9 months ago | 64 comments

A Web3 is Going Just Great entry reporting that the alleged thief of $90M in seized U.S.-government-controlled crypto is the son of a government crypto contractor.

CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com founded dozens of people-search firms(krebsonsecurity.com)

549 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 142 comments

KrebsOnSecurity investigation finding that the CEO of data-removal service Onerep.com, operating from Belarus and Cyprus, founded dozens of people-search sites.

FSE meets the FBI(blog.freespeechextremist.com)

365 points by 1337p337 1 year ago | 117 comments

A blog post from the Free Speech Extremist fediverse instance describing how it traced FBI-contracted scrapers collecting its data and how the FBI processes it.