The U.S. Deputy Attorney of the Justice Department, Lisa Monaco, unveiled two new enforcement initiatives aimed at targeting cryptocurrencies and government contractors who fail to report cyber breaches, Reuters reported. The U.S. Department of Justice website calls it the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. The initiative will combine the Justice Department’s expertise in civil fraud enforcement, government procurement and cybersecurity to combat
On October 4, 2021, Facebook suddenly went down. The problem extended to Instagram and WhatsApp. In my opinion, this situation might be a good example of why allowing one giant company to continually purchase its competitors is a bad idea. If those services were independent from each other - the problem that made Facebook inaccessible would not have extended to
Twitch, a streaming service where a lot of streamers make money by playing video games and interacting with those who come to watch, has been hacked. The news was first reported by Video Games Chronicle. It is highly recommended that those who have a Twitch account change their passwords and enable 2FA. It has also been recommended that streamers reset
Eurpol announced in a press release that a coordinated strike between several law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest in Ukraine of “two prolific ransomware operators known for their extortionate demands (between €5 and €70 million)". The law enforcement groups involved included the French National Gendarmerie, the Ukranian National Police Force, and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, with
Have you heard of Syniverse? In short, it provides a service that works in the background and enables people to use their smartphones to call or text their friends and families. That’s exactly why it is a very big deal that Syniverse got hacked. According to Vice, Syniverse is a critical part of the global telecommunication infrastructure used by AT&T-Movile,
Hi everyone, Kirk here filling in for Todd while he is away on travel for this episode and this upcoming Thursday's episode. Wow, 2021 has not been a good year for Facebook, an employee from Facebook speaks out and puts them on blast then less than 24 hours later, Facebook and Instagram are down. Coincidence on the two? Hmm, who
This is a breaking story so we'll provide updates as they become available. As of this writing, both Facebook and Instagram are down, at least here within the United States. We are also receiving reports of an outage in Europe. Oddly enough, the website IsItDownRightNow also seems to be experiencing problems making information harder to come by. Right now, all