Nation Jul 05

FILE PHOTO: Hooded man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected in this illustration picture
After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids’ private files online

Three months after an attack on the Minneapolis district that dumped sexual assault case files online, administrators have not delivered on their promise to inform individual victims. Unlike for hospitals, no federal law exists to require this notification from schools.

Politics Jan 26

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the U.S. Justice Department has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google over allegations that Google abused its dominance of the digital advertising business, as Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department?s Antitrust Division listens during an appearance in the Department's headquarters briefing room in Washington, January 24, 2023. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS
U.S. infiltrates, dismantles big ransomware gang

Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials say the FBI and international partners have at least temporarily dismantled the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year.