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OTTAWA, CANADA: The United States Embassy building is viewed from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel on June 30, 2012 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

The FBI is adding more cyber-focused agents to U.S. embassies

The agency’s deployment of additional cyber assistant legal attachés comes as it takes on a more proactive approach to combating cybercrime operations and infrastructure.

Jan 3, 2024 By AJ Vicens

U.S.Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Justice Department on April 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

To combat cybercrime, US law enforcement increasingly prioritizes disruption

Rather than focusing on arrests, U.S. law enforcement is trying to prevent additional victims of online crime.

Apr 24, 2023 By AJ Vicens

In a photo published by the British National Crime Agency, officers take a suspect in custody related to the Genesis Market investigation. (Photo courtesy of the National Crime Agency)

FBI obtained detailed database exposing 60,000 users of the cybercrime bazaar Genesis Market

The seizure comes along with the arrest of nearly 120 people around the world, including Americans, officials said.

Apr 5, 2023 By AJ Vicens

A pedestrian walks past a seal reading “Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation”, displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building, in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Notorious Genesis Market cybercrime forum seized in international law enforcement operation

The FBI led "Operation Cookie Monster" to shutter the site linked to millions of instances of fraud and cybercrime globally.

Apr 4, 2023 By AJ Vicens