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BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption

January 13, 2024 admin alphv ransomware, blackcat ransomware, deputy attorney general lisa o. monaco, FBI, Lawrence Abrams, Other, u.s. department of justice

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 22:49:43 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems. Meanwhile, BlackCat responded by briefly “unseizing” its darknet site with a message promising 90 percent commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group, and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants.

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What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?”

June 3, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, computer fraud and abuse act, Department of Justice, deputy attorney general lisa o. monaco, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, good faith security research, Orin Kerr, university of california berkley, van buren v. united states

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:33:03 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases. The new guidelines state that prosecutors should avoid charging security researchers who operate in “good faith” when finding and reporting vulnerabilities. But legal experts continue to advise researchers to proceed with caution, noting the new guidelines can’t be used as a defense in court, nor are they any kind of shield against civil prosecution.