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Matt Kapko

Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop, covering cybercrime, software defects and the root causes of cyberattacks. The lifelong Californian has more than 25 years of experience in journalism. Drop Matt an email at matt.kapko@cyberscoop.com.

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An exterior view of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Early 764 member sentenced to 77 years, longest prison term to date for a nihilistic violent extremist

Cybercrime

The long tail of Clop’s PTC hack is just beginning to emerge

Cybercrime

Voice phishing concept — Silhouette of a man on a phone against window blinds. (Getty Images)

Details emerge on BlackFile’s recent attacks on financial companies

Financial

A figure walking with a glowing trail of binary code emanating from a case, symbolizing stolen data. (Getty Images Plus)

Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack

Cybercrime

Ransom Cartel creator sentenced to 16 years in prison

Cybercrime

The Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, faces up to 32 years in prison

Cybersecurity

Open-source software’s archenemy TeamPCP goes back further than anyone thought

Cybersecurity

Massive supply-chain attack compromises 440 packages under four hours

Cybersecurity

Prolific ransomware group behind SonicWall zero-day attacks

Cybersecurity