Abiola Kayode, 37, of Nigeria, was extradited by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to face charges for allegedly taking part in a business email compromise (BEC) operation that defrauded companies out of over $6 million between January 2015 and September 2016. “Kayode’s co-conspirators posed as the chief executive officer, president, owner, or other executive of […]
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An Iranian person was the target of an alleged multi-year cyber-enabled campaign by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday, when the DoJ unsealed an indictment against him. The campaign was intended to breach both private and governmental entities in the United States. According to reports, over a dozen organisations have been targeted, including
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On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) announced the removal of seven domain names in connection with a bitcoin “pig slaughtering” hoax. The actors received almost $10 million from five victims as part of the deceptive plan, according to the DoJ, which ran from May to August 2022. Pig butchering, also known as Sha Zhu
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