Amazon sues Perplexity, accusing it of computer fraud, after sending a cease-and-desist letter demanding it stop letting Comet make purchases on users' behalf
Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world's largest online marketplace …
US DOJ says a Romanian involved in Netwalker ransomware attacks has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to computer fraud and wire fraud
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/ securit... LinkedIn: James Silver : Proud to be part of this team bringing ransomware actors to justice. — https://lnkd.in/... Forums: r/cybersecurity : Romanian Netwa...
The US and global partners dismantle the 911 S5 proxy botnet, “likely the world's largest botnet ever”, linked to 19M+ IPs, and arrest its alleged administrator
US government seizes 911 S5 operation and takes it offline Associated Press : International Authorities Arrest Man Allegedly Behind 'Likely the World's Largest Botnet Ever' Xinghui Kok / Reuters : US ...
Bulgaria ends criminal proceedings against crypto lender Nexo, finding no evidence of money laundering, tax crimes, computer fraud, or other criminal activity
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Bulgaria ends criminal proceedings against crypto lender Nexo, finding no evidence of money laundering, tax crimes, computer fraud, or other criminal activity
- The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria cleared Nexo of any criminal wrongdoing and ended its investigation into the crypto lender.
In a policy shift, the US Department of Justice plans to stop prosecuting good-faith security research that would have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
to choose not to prosecute security research as a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. “The policy for the first time directs that good-faith security research should not be charged.” https:...
SCOTUS narrows the scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ruling it can't be used to charge people who misused databases they are otherwise entitled to access
SCOTUS narrows the scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ruling it can't be used to charge people who misused databases they are otherwise entitled to access
The justices agreed with a broad range of critics that prosecutors had been misusing the 35-year-old law. — The U.S. Supreme Court building is shown.
Facebook's decision to crack down on NYU's Ad Observer highlights the increasingly fraught dynamic between tech companies and academics
Laura Edelson was in a state of panic, and I knew I was a little bit to blame for her freakout. — “If this is true,” Edelson told me this week during … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @jcstearns , @justinh...
Ex-ADT technician pled guilty to computer fraud and invasive visual recording for viewing home security camera feeds he installed in ~200 homes over 9,000 times
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Source: ADT .