A ransomware group has released over a million files that the group says it stole from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The files appear to include sensitive information about DEQ employees. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality website on April 25, 2025. April Ehrlich / OPB It’s not clear if private vehicle registration data or...Read More

DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A Southern Arizona man was sentenced on Jan. 23 to 10 years in prison and lifetime probation with sex offender registration upon his release for his involvement with child sexual abuse material. This case was investigated by special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Douglas Police Department. “The defendant’s actions...Read More

Two individuals have been arrested in a joint international operation dismantling JokerOTP, a sophisticated phishing tool used to intercept 2FA codes and steal over £7.5 million. Learn how this scam worked, the charges involved, and the ongoing efforts to combat this cybercrime network. In a coordinated effort, law enforcement agencies have busted a large-scale cyber...Read More

SUPERIOR, Wis. – Charges allege an unnamed citizen group from Illinois reported the man to Superior Police, after catching him in an online predator sting. On Tuesday, 62-year-old Joey Edward Scott was charged in a Douglas County courtroom with four counts of possession of child pornography. Superior Police originally responded to Scott’s apartment on Apr....Read More

THE Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has intensified its crackdown on criminal networks, particularly those involved in cybercrime, as it pursues over 40 active cases currently before the courts. The announcement came during the latest monthly National Security Council meeting held last Thursday, where national security officials reviewed efforts to maintain recent gains...Read More

New Jersey has sued the social gaming platform Discord for allegedly failing to adequately protect underage users from predators, the first state to do so. The heavily redacted civil suit, filed Thursday, accuses Discord of violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by making it easy for children to create an account and by not...Read More

Home > Fintech > The ‘kudzu’ of cybercrime: APAC businesses face alarming surge in system intrusions Asia Pacific businesses have been warned of a sharp increase in data breach incidents, as an increasing dependence on third-party partners inevitably increases organisations’ perimeter of vulnerability. In a newly released report by telecommunications and information security services company...Read More

The communications watchdog has been accused of backing big tech over the safety of under-18s after the children’s commissioner for England criticised new measures for tackling online harms. Rachel de Souza said she warned Ofcom last year that its proposals for protecting children under the Online Safety Act were too weak. New codes of practice...Read More

New cybersecurity legislation is coming thick and fast. And for good reason: cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated, systems are becoming more connected, and geopolitical relationships are becoming more fraught.  One of the most recent bipartisan legislations – the US Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025 – is designed to modernize cybersecurity standards in the...Read More

For nearly two weeks, Western New Mexico University’s website and digital systems have been held hostage by what officials in internal emails have called the efforts of a “foreign hacking group.” The university has not publicly addressed the severity of the attack, but documentation obtained by Searchlight New Mexico indicates that an infamous Russian-speaking hacking...Read More