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The FBI has taken down one of the biggest botnets in the world

Qakbot botnet has been nuked and infrastructure dismantled, the FBI says.

TechRadar · Aug 30, 2023

The only defendant in the Georgia election indictment to spend time in jail has been granted bond

The only person who spent time behind bars as a result of the broad indictment related to efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia remained jailed Wednesday after he was granted bond a day earlier

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Trump co-defendant finally posts bond after almost a week in notorious Georgia jail

Harrison Floyd was the sole Trump defendant to spend time behind bars following his arrest in the Trump election subversion case

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

FBI agents reportedly search for Uzbeks helped into US by smuggler with IS ties

Episode reported by CNN required emergency memo to senior Biden officials and suggests agency does not know migrants’ whereabouts

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2023

Former Republican congressman Mike Rogers expected to run for US Senate in Michigan, AP sources say

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is expected to soon announce a bid for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat next year

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

FBI shuts down Qakbot malware tied to ransomware, financial fraud - Roll Call

The FBI disrupted malware that affected 200,000 U.S. computers, including at a contractor for critical infrastructure.

Roll Call · Aug 29, 2023

Elderly thief has a heartbreaking reason for his attempted $650 bank robbery

‘I have a gun, put all the money in the bag,’ he reportedly told a teller at a Miami Bank of America

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

A white gunman killed three Black people at Dollar General. Then police uncovered ‘the diary of a madman’

Gunman described as 21-year-old white male who ‘hated Black people’

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

“Operation Deep Sea”: How Nate Paul pulled the strings in the attorney general’s office to investigate his enemies

Paul personally chose targets and drafted language for subpoenas issued by Brandon Cammack, an outside lawyer hired by Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton hired Cammack to investigate his friend’s complaints after his own deputies advised him against it.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 29, 2023