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Tightens KYC, FCC Cuts 1999 Foreign Carrier Loophole
The FCC voted unanimously Wednesday to tighten Know Your Customer rules for U.S. telecoms, closing a loophole dating to 1999 that let foreign companies…
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Cybersecurity Insiders Sentenced 4 Years for BlackCat Scheme
A federal court sentenced Ryan Clifford Goldberg, 40, a former Sygnia incident response manager, and Kevin Tyler Martin, 36, a former DigitalMint ransomware…
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Jailed 4 Years: Sygnia, DigitalMint Ransomware Pair
DOJ sentenced two former cybersecurity professionals to four years each in federal prison Thursday for ransomware attacks they ran against U.S. companies in…
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Sentenced 4 Years for Leading 75+-Target Swatting Ring
The Department of Justice sentenced Romanian national Thomasz Szabo, 27, to four years in federal prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to one count of…
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OCC Preempts Illinois Interchange Law Before June 30
On April 24, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued an interim final rule and a companion order expressly preempting the Illinois…
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Ukraine Arrests Three Over 610K Roblox Account Theft
Ukrainian cyber police, Lviv regional prosecutors, and the Security Service of Ukraine arrested three men on charges under Ukraine's Criminal Code Article…
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Canada Moves to Ban Crypto ATMs After $704M Fraud Year
Canada's 2026 Spring Economic Update, released Tuesday, proposes banning crypto ATMs nationwide.
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Arrested in Patagonia, Stericycle Finance Chief Faces June 1 FCPA Trial
DOJ charged Abraham Cigarroa Cervantes, former finance director of Stericycle's Latin America division, with two counts of conspiracy under the Foreign…
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ShinyHunters Hits Udemy with 1.4M-Record Extortion Demand
ShinyHunters claims it breached Udemy, one of the world's largest online learning platforms, and is threatening to publish 1.4 million customer and…
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Breached via Anodot, Vimeo Faces ShinyHunters' April 30 Ultimatum
ShinyHunters, the extortion group behind a wave of Snowflake-linked breaches, has put Vimeo on a clock: pay up or face a public data dump by April 30.
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Charged: Scattered Spider's 'Bouquet,' 19, Faces 6 Federal Counts
Federal prosecutors charged a 19-year-old dual U.S.-Estonian citizen with wire fraud, conspiracy, and computer intrusion, alleging he's a prolific member of…
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Jailed 70 Months, Tangeman Helped Launder $230M Bitcoin Heist
Evan Tangeman, 22, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for laundering at least $3.5 million tied to a $230 million Bitcoin heist, a RICO conspiracy…
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ShinyHunters Extorts ADT on 10M Records With April 27 Deadline
ADT and the ShinyHunters extortion group are at a standoff today, with attackers threatening to publish 10 million customer records unless the home security…
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Wisconsin AG Sues Kalshi, Robinhood Over Illegal Betting
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed complaints Thursday against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, and Crypto.
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SDNY Charges Army Sergeant in $410K Polymarket Intel Case
DOJ charged Army Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York with five counts: unlawful use of…
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Filed: H.R. 8413 Could Preempt Illinois BIPA, California's Delete Act
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Republican data privacy working group filed H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, on April 22.
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Fined $30.5M in 2017, SQM Now Faces Resumed SEC FCPA Probe
The SEC issued SQM a subpoena in November 2023 under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, covering the Chilean miner's operations, compliance program, and…
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Smartmatic Fights First Corporate FCPA Indictment Since 2010
The U.S. government charged Smartmatic in October 2025 with conspiracy to violate the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions, money laundering conspiracy, and money…
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ESMA Orders Unlicensed Crypto Firms Out of EU Markets by July 1
The European Securities and Markets Authority confirmed April 17 that MiCA's transitional grace period closes July 1 — any firm offering crypto-asset…
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Sued Over Prediction Markets, Coinbase and Gemini Push Back
New York's Office of the Attorney General sued Coinbase and Gemini in state court Tuesday, charging both companies with operating illegal, unlicensed…
