Legal
Ex-L3Harris exec guilty of selling cyber exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams, an Australian national and a former general manager at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to stealing and selling confidential cybersecurity information to a Russian vulnerability exploit broker. The illegal activity took place between 2022 and 2025, when Williams stole at least eight protected exploit components from […]
Microsoft sued for allegedly tricking millions into Copilot M365 subscriptions
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing Microsoft for allegedly misleading 2.7 million Australians into paying for the Copilot AI assistant in the Microsoft 365 service. Even though subscribers could have stayed on their existing plan without Copilot and at the same price, the ACCC says that Microsoft concealed that option and designed […]
LinkedIn sues ProAPIs for using 1M fake accounts to scrape user data
LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit against Delaware company ProAPIs Inc. and its founder and CTO, Rehmat Alam, for allegedly scraping legitimate data through more than a million fake accounts. ProAPIs activity constitutes a violation of LinkedIn’s terms of service (ToS), based on which the company seeks to get the court’s approval for a permanent injunction, […]
Sendit sued by the FTC for illegal collection of children data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Sendit’s operating company and its CEO for unlawful collection of data from underage users, as well as deceptive subscription practices. The FTC referred a legal complaint to the Department of Justice against Iconic Hearts Holdings Inc., the creator of Sendit, and its CEO, Hunter Rice. Sendit is an […]
EU probes SAP over anti-competitive ERP support practices
The European Comission is investigating potential anti-competitive practices in aftermarket services SAP provides for its on-premise ERP software. The decision to launch the investigation into the German software giant came after several years of claims from stakeholders in the industry that the company abuses its dominant position in the market when it comes to maintenance and support […]
US investors to take over TikTok operations in the country
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan to restructure TikTok operations in the country to address national security concerns. TikTok is a massively popular short-form video platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance. The social media service has a strong presence in the U.S., counting more than 170 million users, according […]
Teen suspected of Vegas casino cyberattacks released to parents
A 17-year-old hacker who surrendered to face charges over cyberattacks targeting Vegas casinos in 2023 has been released into the custody of his parents, a family court judge ruled. The teenage boy, who is suspected to be part of the Scattered Spier threat group, has been imposed some restrictions that include limited use of the […]
U.S. sanctions cyber scammers who stole billions from Americans
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned several large networks of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia, which stole over $10 billion from Americans last year. These operations, mainly those in Burma and Cambodia, are notorious for using forced labor, human trafficking, and physical violence, essentially operating as modern slavery farms that conduct online fraud. The […]
US targets North Korean IT worker army with new sanctions
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two individuals and two companies associated with North Korean IT worker schemes that operate at the expense of American organizations. These schemes involve placing in U.S. firms skilled tech workers with stolen or fabricated identities and using so-called “laptop farms” to hide the true location of the […]
Police seize VerifTools fake ID marketplace servers, domains
The FBI and the Dutch Police have shut down the VerifTools marketplace for fraudulent identity documents after seizing servers in Amsterdam that hosted the online operation. VerifTools was a prominent platform that produced and intermediated the purchase of fake documents (e.g. driver’s licenses, passports) that were used to bypass various identity verification systems or to assume an […]