Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
Joseph Cox / 404media - A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
Back to Top / Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 20245 / 3 stories in 28 hrs
Prediction Market Kalshi Accuses MrBeast Editor of Insider Trading
John Gruber / npr - Bobby Allyn, reporting for NPR: An editor who works for YouTube’s biggest creator, MrBeast, hasbeen suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi andreported to federal regulators for insider trading, Kalshiofficials said on Wednesday. It’s the fir…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19819 / 3 stories in 8 days
Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. The time pe…
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19464 / 5 stories in 14 days
Ex-Google engineers accused of helping themselves to chip security secrets
Carly Page / theregister - Feds say trio conspired to siphon processor and cryptography IP, allegedly routing some data overseas Two former Google engineers and a third alleged accomplice are facing federal charges after prosecutors accused them of swiping sensitive chip and securi…
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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
David McCabe / nytimes - Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19082 / 11 stories in 22 days
Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges
Anna Washenko / engadget - Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His…
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Man sentenced to 20 years for role in $74 million crypto investment fraud
Brian Danga / theblock - Daren Li received a 20-year sentence after admitting involvement in a $73.6 million crypto laundering conspiracy but remains a fugitive.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 18970 / 6 stories in 24 days
Incognito Market founder sentenced to 30 years for crypto-based dark web drug market
Brian Danga / theblock - Prosecutors said the platform facilitated over $105 million in crypto-based narcotics sales between October 2020 and March 2024.
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Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the …
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 7:20 pm / permalink 18722 / 7 stories in 4 wks
ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis
Terrence O’Brien / theverge - Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was later pronounced dead. This is just the latest incident of deadly violence involving ICE, which has grown increasingly frequent…
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Back to Top / Saturday, January 24, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 18369 / 39 stories in 5 wks
Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Last week, Nicholas Moore, 24, a resident of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court's electronic document filing system. At the time, there were no deta…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18104 / 9 stories in 7 wks
U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks, face 20 years in prison each — group demanded up to $10 million from each victim
tomshardware - Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for deploying ransomware against several victims. The perpetrators are facing 20 years in prison each, with sentencing set in March 2026.
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 17376 / 15 stories in 2 months
OpenAI, Anthropic, Others Receive Warning Letter from Dozens of State Attorneys General
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - They want the companies to "mitigate the harm caused by sycophantic and delusional outputs" from AI products.
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 11:20 pm / permalink 16818 / 7 stories in 2 months
ICEBlock developer suing DOJ, ICE, & more after Apple App Store removal
appleinsider - Apple removed the ICEBlock app from the App Store after being pressured by the US government, and now the developer is suing the DOJ & others involved for a violation of his First Amendment rights.The US DOJ is being sued by ICEBlock devThe developer of I…
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Back to Top / Monday, December 8, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 16693 / 21 stories in 2 months
DOGE Is Officially Dead
Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The project no longer exists, despite eight months left on its mandate.
Back to Top / Monday, November 24, 2025, 11:20 am / permalink 16258 / 10 stories in 3 months
Feds charge four with illegally smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China
Jay Peters / theverge - Federal prosecutors have charged four people with illegally smuggling Nvidia GPUs and HP supercomputers with Nvidia GPUs from the US to China, according to a court filing spotted by Court Watch. The US government has placed restrictions that prevent Nvidi…
Back to Top / Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:20 pm / permalink 16159 / 4 stories in 3 months
FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by 404 Media, the FBI subpoena, which was posted on the official Archive.today X account, was sent to web …
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 15736 / 5 stories in 4 months
Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire
Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg / wired - Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process.
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 7:20 pm / permalink 15135 / 4 stories in 4 months
ICEBlock app removed from App Store after DOJ demands, citing safety concerns
appleinsider - Controversial app ICEBlock has been removed from the Apple App Store after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded its removal, suggesting it was being used to harm ICE agents.ICEBlock removed from Apple App StoreApple has had to deal with many requests from …
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Back to Top / Thursday, October 2, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 14971 / 14 stories in 5 months
Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Charged as Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty
Dell Cameron / wired - In the indictment, prosecutors claim Tyler Robinson planned Kirk’s killing in advance, citing rooftop surveillance, engraved bullets, and a written note as they seek the death penalty.
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 14605 / 2 stories in 5 months