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DOJ Seizes Dozens of Websites as Part of Global Cyberattack-for-Hire Scheme
The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday it took down 48 internet domains and charged six people who allegedly offered cyberattack-for-hire services. The defendants are each charged with allegedly offering booter services and operating at least one website that offered distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services as well as subscriptions that varied in length and attack volume.
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Arrested
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of U.S. authorities.
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A City in Washington Wants to Give Orcas Their Own Version of Human Rights
A mayor and city council in the Pacific Northwest are hoping to help a group of endangered orcas by formally declaring that these marine mammals should have legal rights.
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U.S. Cops Say They Only Use Facial Recognition for Leads, but It’s Often the Sole Basis for Arrests, Study Finds
In 2018, a man was arrested for stealing a pair of socks from a T.J. Maxx store in New York City, even though he was signed in at a hospital for the birth of his child when the crime was committed. The police never checked the man’s alibi, and the case rested on a single…