Official duties will be transferred to Deputy Attorney General Monaco. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is 71, is scheduled to undergo a “minimally invasive” back surgery this coming…
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DOJ Seizes Ransomware Websites
The department’s decryption tool dismantles a digital hostage program. The Department of Justice announced that they have disrupted multiple extortion websites used by the Blackcat hackers, a digital…
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Senators Write DOJ Regarding Fentanyl-Laced Letters
Six election offices received letters laced with various drugs in a single month. Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Deb Fischer of Nebraska recently wrote a letter to…
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Justice Department Issues Indictments Over Fentanyl
Indictments charge Chinese companies and their employees. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced eight indictments charging China-based companies and twelve against Chinese nationals with crimes relating to the production…
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DOJ Unseals Two Russian Hacking Cases
2021 indictments document 6 years of cyberattacks. The Department of Justice has unsealed two court cases, documenting how four Russian nationals working for the Russian government targeted thousands…
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DOJ Updates Cybersecurity Reporting Guidelines
Contractors that do not report cyber attacks will incur large fines. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it would be updating its policies on contractors…
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Justice Department Reclaims Colonial Pipeline Ransom
Newly created task force targets ransomware attackers. On Monday, the Justice Department announced that it had successfully reclaimed about half of the $4.4 million that had been paid…
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