US Treasury

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Fri 06 May 2022

The United States Department of the Treasury controls the finances of the US government, including money supply and federal tax collection.

Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases

Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US

Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 7

Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid

OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop

CSO02 Jan 2025 | 3

US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust's key leak

Data pilfered as miscreants roamed affected workstations

Cyber-crime31 Dec 2024 | 16

Predator spyware kingpins added to US sanctions list

Designations come as new infrastructure spins up in Africa

Security17 Sep 2024 | 2

IRS has loads of legacy IT, still has no firm plans to replace it

Treasury questions the retirement of the, er, Technology Retirement Office

Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 31

US Treasury says NFTs 'highly susceptible' to fraud, but ignored by high-tier criminals

Narco kingpins aren't coming for your apes, but internet con artists still are

Cyber-crime30 May 2024 | 13

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X accused of taking money from terrorists by selling checkmarks to US enemies

Premium punters in the illustrious company of Hezbollah, Iranian militias, sanctioned Russian banks

Personal Tech16 Feb 2024 | 25

US slaps sanctions on accused fave go-to money launderer of Russia's rich

And that includes ransomware crims, claims US of alleged sanctions-buster

Cyber-crime06 Nov 2023 | 9

US bans North Korean outsourcer and its feisty freelancers

They do your work – usually from Russia and China – then send their wages home to pay for missiles

Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 3

Microsoft coughs up some change after allegedly selling software to no-no companies

Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah?

Channel07 Apr 2023 | 13

Crypto mixer Sinbad looks uncannily like a remix of North Korea's notorious Blender

Lazarus Group’s favorite digi-dollar launderer may have risen again

Software14 Feb 2023 | 12

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group

Yet another pathetic 'stunt' from pro-Kremlin criminals

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 5

Crypto exchange Bittrex coughs up $53m to end claims of US sanctions busting

Feds also said the biz sucked at policing transactions for suspicious activity – as if!

Cyber-crime11 Oct 2022 | 12

Uncle Sam sanctions Iran's intel agency over Albanian cyberattack

Iranians won't be terrified, but US vendors need to check their customers

Security10 Sep 2022 | 10

Feds freeze $30m in cryptocurrency stolen from Axie Infinity

But the North Korean criminals are still over half a billion digicash dollars up

Security09 Sep 2022 | 15

Dutch authorities arrest 29-year-old dev with suspected ties to Tornado Cash

The arrest comes days after US Treasury levies sanctions against the crypto mixing service

Cyber-crime15 Aug 2022 | 20

US reveals 'Target' pic of Conti man with $10m reward offer

Fashion Police chipping in on the bounty related to costliest strain of ransomware on record

Security12 Aug 2022 | 6

US treasury whips up sanctions for crypto mixer Tornado Cash

Being the money launderer for North Korea’s Lazarus Group comes at a price

Cyber-crime08 Aug 2022 | 21

Cryptocurrency laundromat Blender shredded by US Treasury in sanctions first

Helping North Korea? Uncle Sam would like a word

Cyber-crime06 May 2022 | 31

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