Binance says hackers who stole billions in crypto spent months planning heist
Techniques included laptop infections, compromised internal tooling, and fake job interviews.
Man arrested as girl, 17, found in Oregon after disappearing from Utah last year
500-plus-day search for Kylie Arellano ends as FBI warns of ‘gore groups’ targeting and exploiting childrenA 17-year-old girl who disappeared last year from Garden City, Utah, has been found in Oregon, and a 39-year-old man has been taken into…
Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist
Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm’s system and steal billions, according to Binance.
US man charged with mailing hundreds of letters containing powder to officials before midterms
Oklahoma man accused of sending letters with white nonhazardous powder before 2024 and 2026 electionsFederal authorities have charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous white powder to public officials before the…
Ex-FBI chief in Chicago sues DoJ, claiming he was pressured to investigate Trump’s foes
Douglas DePodesta says he was made ‘scapegoat’ after collapse of case against Broadview Six anti-ICE protestersThe former head of the FBI in Chicago has accused the Trump administration of pressuring him to investigate the president’s political opponents…
Judge tosses case against two officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden
The two FBI agents were charged with making false statements to Congress while testifying about the bureau’s role in investigating Biden’s laptopA federal judge dismissed criminal charges against two former FBI officials who were accused of lying about…
Maurene Comey ruling offers hope of check on Trump’s assault on rule of law
Legal experts welcome judge’s rejection of firing of James Comey’s daughter prosecutor but warn an appeal is likelyA recent legal ruling against an effort to fire the star-prosecutor daughter of a former FBI chief targeted by Donald Trump could send a…
FBI arrests North Carolina man for allegedly posting classified information on social media
Authorities say army contractor James Thomas Ashbacher shared top-secret data online and stole night-vision gogglesThe FBI has arrested a former North Carolina government contractor for allegedly leaking classified national defense information on social…
James Comey lawyers seek to have third criminal case dismissed
Federal judge to hear arguments on Friday over leak case that was twice previously investigated with no action takenLawyers for the former FBI director James Comey will ask a federal judge on Friday to block the US justice department from pursuing its…
Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records
Bluesky tells WIRED it blocked links to a leaked archive of information on 41,000 ICE, CBP, and other DHS workers because it contains people’s contact information, shared without their authorization.