Cybersecurity
Justice Department Thwarts ‘Hive’ Ransomware Scheme
The Justice Department announces a successful campaign countering ransomware attacks by the Hive cybercriminal network.
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The Justice Department announces a successful campaign countering ransomware attacks by the Hive cybercriminal network.
The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol released transcripts of witness testimony gathered over the course of its 18 month investigation.
Justice Clarence Thomas issued an administrative stay of the 11th Circuit Court’s order forcing Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before the Fulton County Special Grand Jury investigating the alleged attempts of former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Trump issued a letter to select committee Chairman Bennie Thompson in which he criticized the committee’s work and reiterated previous claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska,and two associates with conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Deripaska and one of his business entities.
The Justice Department argued that the order would “cause the most immediate and serious harm to the government and the public.”
Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida provided notice of the court's intent to appoint a special master to oversee documents seized from the Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
The newly released memo reveals the reasoning that then Attorney General Bill Barr relied on to decline to prosecute former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation.
On Aug. 15, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) expedited motion to quash a subpoena requiring him to testify before the special purpose grand jury.
The warrant cited 18 U.S.C. § § 793, 2071, and 1519 in support of the Aug. 8 search on former president Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.