Category: arrested

Tesla worked with the FBI to block a million dollar ransomware attack

Post author By Randall
Post date August 27, 2020
Categories In arrested, attack, doj, extortion, fbi, gear, gigafactory, malware, nevada, News, ransomware, russian, Tech, Tesla

[ad_1] The employee immediately informed Tesla, and the company contacted the FBI, which launched a sting operation. Agents arrested Kriuchkov in Los Angeles as he was attempting to leave the US. As Electrek points out, during the sting operation, FBI agents obtained info about previous attacks led by Kriuchkov’s associates. They didn’t confirm which companies […]

Iowa asked researchers to break into a courthouse, then it arrested them

Post author By Randall
Post date November 12, 2019
Categories In arrested, coalfire, courthouse, criminal charges, Cybersecurity, dallas courthouse, Election, gear, government, iowa, penetration testing, Politics, Security, security researcher, Tech, vulnerabilities

[ad_1] The incident occurred in September. The Coalfire employees found a door to the Dallas Courthouse open. They closed the door to see if it would lock and then attempted to open it, setting off an alarm. Following protocol, they waited for police to arrive, and showed them their paperwork. The first deputies to respond […]