Two ex-staffers of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint plead guilty to targeting US companies in 2023's BlackCat ransomware attacks
group demanded up to $10 million from each victim Jonathan Greig / The Record : Ransomware responders plead guilty to using ALPHV in attacks on US organizations Deeba Ahmed / Hackread : 2 US Cybersecu...
New York AG Letitia James sues Zelle, claiming that security lapses led to $1B+ in consumer fraud losses; the US CFPB dropped a similar case in March 2025
What To Know About Alleged $1 Billion Scams Over The App Lisa Hornung / UPI : N.Y. AG Letitia James sues parent company of Zelle for allowing fraud Truman Lewis / ConsumerAffairs.com : Zelle sued by N...
District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb sues StubHub, alleging the company uses “deceptive, manipulative, and unfair practices” to advertise event fees to users
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Sources: the EU has determined that Apple's anti-steering rules for developers do not comply with the DMA, and plans charges against Apple in the coming weeks
Two things happened this week. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) … Thomas Claburn / The Register : European Commission may be about to put the squeeze on Apple for its App Store rules Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : ...
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him
$10 million reward for his arrest Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : Law enforcement agencies identified LockBit ransomware admin and sanctioned him Hannan Mundia / Android Headlines : US indicat...
Filing: Bittrex agrees to pay $24M to settle US SEC claims that the crypto exchange failed to register with the agency; Bittrex doesn't admit to the allegations
Agrees to Pay $24 Million Rick Morgan / Seattle Business Journal : Seattle crypto exchange Bittrex reaches $24M settlement with SEC Dimitar Dzhondzhorov / CryptoPotato : Embattled Crypto Exchange to P...
The SEC sues Terraform Labs and Do Kwon, accusing them of selling unregistered securities and perpetrating a fraudulent scheme that lost $40B+ in market value
Takeaways from SEC complaint Cosmos Ecosystem Chat Newsletter : SEC Charges Do Kwon, Mars on Crescent, Turkey Earthquake Aid Proposal - CEC Issue #25 The Block : U.S. investigation into Do Kwon and hi...
Google agrees to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over its location tracking practices, after paying nearly $392M to 40 US states
This Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of December 29 … Johnny Magdaleno / The Indianapolis Star : Indiana AG Rokita nets $20M in Google settlement over location tracking practices...