Former Amazon employee arrested on alleged wire fraud charges for false product refunds
The criminal complaint notes alleged wire fraud occurred between November 2019 and February 2020 in which Nguyen used his employee access to falsely and fraudulently issue $96,508.13 in refunds to himself and others.
Health tech firm testing coronavirus treatments hit by ransomware attack
The attack on eResearchTechnology (ERT) began two weeks ago when employees discovered they were locked out of their data
Health insurer Anthem to pay nearly $40M to settle 2015 cyberattack
Anthem, the health insurance company behind Blue Cross-Blue Shield, has agreed to pay nearly $40 million in another settlement over a 2015 cyberattack that compromised the personal information belonging to nearly 79 million people.
Russian man sentenced for LinkedIn, Dropbox data breaches
Prosecutors said that in 2012, Nikulin, working from Moscow, hacked the computers of the San Francisco Bay Area companies, installed malware, stole login credentials for employees and used them to obtain customer data such as usernames and passwords that he offered for sale on a Russian-speaking cybercrime forum.
Former United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams pleads guilty to embezzling union funds
Williams is the fifteenth person to plead guilty as part of an ongoing federal corruption probe, including his successor as president, Gary Jones.
US Border Patrol signs $13M contract with Axon to provide agents with body cameras
Axon Enterprises – the company that equips police departments nationwide with body-worn cameras and related technology – has signed on to provide similar services to U.S. Border Patrol agents
Giuliani says big-city crime spikes fall 'on the shoulders of Democratic policies'
Former Big Apple Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other elected officials in Democratic cities for high crime and their lax policies on controversial topics, such as the release of convicted criminals.
Mexico launches special guard force to protect mining companies from drug cartels
Mexico is now deploying guards equipped with assault rifles to help protect mining companies from attacks by drug cartels.
NYC brick-and-mortar retail is dead: Don Peebles
Although there will be "some" survivors, "retail as we know it today or as we have known it in the past is gone."
Chinese spies infiltrating US law enforcement, business world a 'real threat:' NYPD commissioner
Chinese spies infiltrating U.S. law enforcement and the business world poses a "real threat" to the country, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Friday.
Innocent Madoff investors must pay back profits, court rules
Madoff customers who received millions of dollars more than their original investments fought in court to hang on to their profits
Ex-eBay workers to plead guilty to sending spiders to Massachusetts bloggers
Four former employees of eBay are scheduled to plead guilty in Boston federal court for "participating in a cybertsalking campaign which targeted a Massachusetts couple," according to a tweet by the U.S. Attorney's Office of Massachusetts.
Facebook failed to remove pages urging Kenosha violence before shootings, despite 400+ reports: lawsuit
Facebook has been accused of “shirking” its responsibility to remove pages and accounts belonging to those who coordinated and recruited others for what resulted in deadly shootings in Kenosha, Wis., at the end of August.
States, Justice Department to meet regarding possible Google antitrust suit
State attorneys general and the Justice Department are slated to meet later this week with the hopes of completing an antitrust complaint against tech giant Google.
Former Wells Fargo execs fined for roles in sales scandal
A U.S. bank regulator announced Monday it had fined three former executives at Wells Fargo Bank for their roles in the company's sales practices scandal.
Six charged with bribing Amazon employees to help third-party sellers
Six people are accused of paying more than $100,000 in bribes to Amazon employees.
Cyberfraud prevention firm's CEO charged with conning investors
Federal authorities say Adam Rogas used fraudulent financial data to obtain more than $123 million in financing for the company, personally gaining $17.5 million.
Apple provided Seattle investigators with iCloud data belonging to rioter accused of setting police car on fire
Apple agreed to hand over iCloud data belonging to a Seattle arson suspect believed to have used Molotov cocktails to set fire to a pair of police vehicles at the end of May.
St. Louis sees 194 homicides this year, as many as in all of 2019
There have been 194 homicides in St. Louis, Missouri so far in 2020, which already matches the total for all of 2019.
Idaho McDonald's franchisee fined $50G for child labor law violations at 11 locations
Darmody Enterprises L.T.D., the owner and operator of the nearly a dozen restaurants in question, allegedly defied labor laws in the manner through which it allowed 14- and 15-year-old employees to work at the locations.