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Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data
Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data
October 31, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Two hackers pleaded guilty Wednesday (Oct. 30) in federal court on charges that they hacked both Uber and LinkedIn, and then extorted the companies in...

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DOJ Taps Prominent Lawyer For Big Tech Probe
DOJ Taps Prominent Lawyer For Big Tech Probe
October 23, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has bolstered the staff for its investigation into potential antitrust violations against Big Tech, adding Ryan Shores, a former partner...

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Congress Calls On Spotify To Name Apple Violations
Congress Calls On Spotify To Name Apple Violations
October 04, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

As part of its continuing probe into potential antitrust practices that hamper competition, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has asked Spotify for information...

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AG Barr Calls For Facebook To Suspend Encryption Of Messages
AG Barr Calls For Facebook To Suspend Encryption Of Messages
October 03, 2019  |  Facebook

U.S. Attorney General William Barr wrote an open letter to Facebook asking it to postpone plans to encrypt messages on the company’s three services until...

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DOJ Seeks Facebook Antitrust Probe
DOJ Seeks Facebook Antitrust Probe
September 26, 2019  |  Facebook

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is urging the U.S. Justice Department to investigate Facebook to determine whether it violated federal antitrust laws, Reuters reported on...

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DOJ Charges Nigerian Email Scammers
DOJ Charges Nigerian Email Scammers
August 22, 2019  |  Legal

The U.S. Justice Department has announced charges against 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering operation that netted millions...

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DOJ Joins State AGs In Big Tech Antitrust Probe
DOJ Joins State AGs In Big Tech Antitrust Probe
August 20, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

The U.S. government is working with state attorneys general to probe online platforms for possible antitrust violations, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Aug. 20). Get the...

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DOJ Lawyer To Advise Barr On Antitrust Review
DOJ Lawyer To Advise Barr On Antitrust Review
August 08, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

U.S. Attorney General William Barr has appointed a lawyer from the Justice Department’s antitrust outfit to be his go-to in a large probe into tech...

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US Senators Introduce Anti-Monopoly Legislation
US Senators Introduce Anti-Monopoly Legislation
August 03, 2019  |  Regulation

Two U.S. Senators, Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal, proposed legislation on Friday (Aug. 2) that would make it easier to penalize Big Tech companies for...

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