From the department of wackadoodle-news, we bring you this report from Mikael Thalen, who is not himself wackadoodle: A former member of the Lizard Squad hacking group is pushing back against claims made by L. Lin Wood, the attorney attempting to overturn the 2020 election on behalf of President Donald Trump. In a series…
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Iranian Cyber Actors Responsible for Website Threatening U.S. Election Officials
From the FBI press office: The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) possess highly credible information indicating Iranian cyber actors almost certainly were responsible for the creation of a website called Enemies of the People, which contained death threats aimed at U.S. election officials in mid-December 2020. The FBI has identified multiple…
Maintaining privilege over forensic data-breach reports
Steven Morphy, James Shreve, and Luke Sosnicki of Thompson Coburn LLP offer some commentary on difficulties in the current climate about claiming that forensic data-breach reports are privileged. After discussing some recent decisions, they offer some takeways to help entities. The first tip is: At the most basic level, companies should involve outside counsel in…
Court denies bail for two Malaysians facing US cybercrime charges, pending extradition
The Star reports: KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Two Malaysian men who are wanted by the US Justice Department for alleged money laundering and cybercrimes in the country will remain in prison until their extradition application is heard by the Sessions Court next week. This followed the decision of the High Court here Tuesday (Dec 15) to…
“Apophis Squad” Member Who Made Online Threats Against Schools and Airline Sentenced to Nearly 8 Years in Federal Prison
A North Carolina man who engaged in a series of cyber and swatting attacks, including sending bogus threats of shootings and bombings to schools in the United States and United Kingdom, was sentenced today to 95 months in federal prison. Timothy Dalton Vaughn, 22, whose online aliases included “WantedbyFeds” and “Hacker_R_US,” of Winston-Salem, North Carolina,…