Colonial Pipeline Chief to Testify in Senate Panel on Ransomware Hack
WASHINGTON—The chief executive of the pipeline company hit in a multimillion-dollar ransomware attack last month is expected to…
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U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers
WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities have recovered millions of dollars in digital currency paid to the hackers who hit a major East Coast fuel pipeline…
U.S. Mandates Body Cameras for Federal Law-Enforcement Officers
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department will require federal agents to wear body cameras when executing arrest warrants or searching…
Want to Invest in Cybersecurity? Here Are Some ETFs to Consider
As cyberattacks become more frequent, the demand for cybersecurity-related services is naturally booming. And that may be something investors can…
Tennessee Scientist Is First to Go on Trial on Charges He Hid Work in China
Until last year at the University of Tennessee, Anming Hu studied, among other things, how to join certain metals together using materials that are…
Hackers Stole $650,000 From Nonprofit and Got Away, Showing Limits to Law Enforcement’s Reach
Just before Christmas 2020, hackers began to steal from One Treasure Island, a nonprofit that is redeveloping its namesake island in San Francisco Bay as a…
All-or-Nothing Investment Websites Used Wirecard for Card Payments
More than half a dozen websites that securities regulators alleged stole money from novice investors in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere have one thing in…
WSJ News Exclusive | FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11
FBI Director
Christopher Wray
said the agency was investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, many tracing back to…
Microsoft’s Bing Temporarily Blocked Searches of Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Image
Searches for the image known as ‘Tank Man’ were temporarily blocked on…