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Sep
Medusa's Affiliate Model Hits Full Stride: 500 Critical-Infrastructure Victims and a Hint of Cracks Beneath- 339

Medusa's Affiliate Model Hits Full Stride: 500 Critical-Infrastructure Victims and a Hint of Cracks Beneath- 339

August 20, 2026 An updated federal advisory on the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service operation reads less like a warning
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10
Sep
Washington Dismantles a Chinese Hacking-as-a-Service Network — Then Walks Back Its Own Words- 333

Washington Dismantles a Chinese Hacking-as-a-Service Network — Then Walks Back Its Own Words- 333

September 1, 2026 When the Justice Department announced last week that it had seized the infrastructure behind a Chinese state-
4 min read
09
Sep
A Federal Law Enforcement Agency Learns of Its Own Breach From a Leak Site- 331

A Federal Law Enforcement Agency Learns of Its Own Breach From a Leak Site- 331

September 1, 2026 When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed on August 26 that it was responding
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04
Sep
Fifteen Years in the Making: The Sentencing of Ransomwareas- a-Service's Original Architect- 309

Fifteen Years in the Making: The Sentencing of Ransomwareas- a-Service's Original Architect- 309

August 7, 2026 When a US federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years
3 min read
27
Aug
The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

August 12, 2026 Four episodes surfaced within days of each other in August 2026, and none of them, on its
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13
Aug
Beneath the Waterline: Iran's Deniable Campaign Against America's Weakest Infrastructure- 294

Beneath the Waterline: Iran's Deniable Campaign Against America's Weakest Infrastructure- 294

August 11, 2026 Over two days in late July, a handful of programmable logic controllers in small-town Minnesota water
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03
Aug
The hacktivist who helped a hacker flee: inside Spain's arrest of a pro-Russia network operative- 286

The hacktivist who helped a hacker flee: inside Spain's arrest of a pro-Russia network operative- 286

July 8, 2026 Spanish police have arrested a man in the central city of Palencia they believe was embedded in
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24
Jul
Washington Recasts Pig-Butchering as a National-Security Problem: Inside the $43 Million Network That Fed China-Bound Laundering Pipelines- 271

Washington Recasts Pig-Butchering as a National-Security Problem: Inside the $43 Million Network That Fed China-Bound Laundering Pipelines- 271

July 21, 2026 The indictment of two Brooklyn and Queens residents accused of laundering more than $43 million in cyber-
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22
Jul
Bulletproof No Longer: The Unsealing of the Media Land Indictment- 270

Bulletproof No Longer: The Unsealing of the Media Land Indictment- 270

July 16, 2026 Three years after federal prosecutors first built their case, the US Justice Department this week unsealed an
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21
Jul
Following the Money: Inside the Takedown of a €140 Million Iberian Fraud Network- 262

Following the Money: Inside the Takedown of a €140 Million Iberian Fraud Network- 262

July 17, 2026 Spain's national police disrupted, on July 13, a criminal network whose scale illustrates a pattern
2 min read