Epstein Secrets

by The Daily Beast (06/05, McDougall), The Hill (06/05, Sforza), Law & Crime (06/05, Kandel), UPI (06/05, Benson), and New York Daily News (06/05, Wilkinson). FBI Reinstates Security Clearance for Former Employee Who Raised Questions About Jan. 6 Attack CNN (06/05, McDougall) reported that former FBI em

TA01655864 Bleeping Computer (06/05, Gatlan) and CyberDaily (06/06, Croft) reported that the FBI has recovered over 7,000 decryption keys from the LockBit ransomware and is urging past victims to come forward to reclaim their data for free. According to the articles, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Direct

the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov. Vorndran's keynote provided an analysis of Operation Cronos and its findings, revealing that "LockBit was set up by a Russian coder named Dmitry Khoroshev," who uses online aliases like 'Putinkrab,"Nerowolfe,' and 'LockBitsupp.' Vorndran stated, "He

r) also reported on the story. Continued Reporting: New York Man Pleads Guilty to Firing Shots Outside Albany Synagogue New York Daily News (02/05, Wilkinson) reported that an upstate New York man pleaded guilty Tuesday to firing two shotgun blasts outside a Jewish synagogue in Albany on the first night o

s decreased year-over-year by approximately 35%, according to the Chainanalysis 202S Crypto Crime Report, which highlighted Russian ransomware group LockBit and Iran-based ransomware strains, Akira/Fog, and INC/Lynx, as bellwethers of the year's trends. The article emphasized that ransomware attackers,

News (01/04, Finnerty) also reported on the story. South Jersey Man Gets 60 Days in Prison for Jan. 6 Capitol Riot The New York Daily News (01/04, Wilkinson) reported that Ezekiel "Zeke" Stecher from New Jersey has been sentenced to 60 days in prison and 24 months of supervised release for his participat

ee) reported that a healthcare alliance of two upstate New York hospitals and an orthopedic group has filed a lawsuit against unknown members of the LockBit group. According to the article, the suit is a legal maneuver aimed at forcing a Massachusetts-based cloud services vendor to turn over patient data

ucting a confidential intelligence damage assessment that could take years. Additional reporting on the story was provided by NY Daily News (02/29, Wilkinson), Washington Post (02/29, Wu), CNN (02/29, Rabinowitz), BBC News (02/29, Grant), CBS News (02/29, Yilek, Legare), New York Times (02/29, Mazzei, Ada

orted on the story. Notorious Russian Hacking Group Is Threatening to Release Trump Court Documents Business Insider (02/29, Goodwin) reported that LockBit, a Russian-based ransomware group, has threatened to release court documents related to former President Donald Trump's Fulton County, Georgia, elec