U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at a press conference on Jan. 26 in Washington. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) FBI disrupts sophisticated Russian cyberespionage operation A law enforcement effort dubbed "Medusa" targeted malware deployed by Moscow's Federal Security Service, officials said Tuesday. May 9, 2023 By AJ Vicens
Photo by Tristan Schmurr (Flickr/CC BY 2.0) DOJ moves to topple Kelihos, one of the world’s largest botnets The Department of Justice announced Monday an effort to take down a global network of over 100,000 enslaved computers. Apr 10, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
Wyden: ‘We must think hard about handing this hacking power’ to Donald Trump A last minute effort to stop the granting of new hacking powers to federal law enforcement failed on a mostly empty Senate floor Wednesday morning. Nov 30, 2016
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pictured at the Web 2.0 Summit (Flickr / JD Lasica) Senators say DOJ ‘dodges’ questions on new government hacking power Just over one week remains until Rule 41 is adopted granting the government vast new hacking powers. Members of Congress are pushing for a more public debate… Nov 22, 2016