Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department boasted Monday that it captured one of the most prolific cyber criminals in the world in the continuing effort to crack down on the evolving cybercrime threat, the Associated Press reports. Federal officials said 30-year-old Evgeniy Bogachev of Russia was the ringleader of a band of backers who infected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to crank up its efforts against cyber crime. Over the next few weeks, the bureau is expected to announce new searches, charges and arrests of cyber criminals, Reuters reports. “There is a philosophy change. If you are going to attack Americans, we are going to hold you accountable,”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents, with the help of Facebook, cracked one of the largest cybercrime cases in history, arresting 10 people accused of infecting computers with malicious software and then stealing their bank and other personal information worth $850 million, Reuters reports. Agents were assisted by Facebook’s security team after users of the social…
By Allan Lengel AOL News More than than 60 people were indicted today on charges of stealing millions of dollars from U.S. bank accounts through mischievous computer attacks. In announcing the local and federal indictments, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York said that modern high-tech bank heists no longer require “a gun, a mask,…
