Justice

Botnet Controlled By Russia’s GRU Disrupted By US, UK

Botnet controlled by Russian military intelligence disrupted by the United States, which removed GRU control of thousands of infected devices

3 years ago

US Court Ends China’s ZTE Probation

Five year US probation for Chinese telecoms firm ZTE, for selling American goods to North Korea and Iran, has been…

3 years ago

Google Settles Lawsuit With Fired Engineers

Settlement with four former engineers who sued Google over alleged retaliation, because of their staff organising activities

3 years ago

Meta Allows Calls For Violence Against Putin And Russian Soldiers

Twitter blocks two tweets from Russian embassy in London about bombing of Mariupol hospital, as Meta eases restrictions on violence…

3 years ago

Elon Musk Asks Judge For End Of Oversight Of His Tweets

Tesla boss Elon Musk formally asks a US judge to terminate the 2018 agreement with the SEC allowing lawyers to…

3 years ago

SEC Responds After Elon Musk’s ‘Unrelenting Harassment’ Allegation

US financial watchdog the SEC responds, after Elon Musk and Tesla made a 'harassment' allegation last week to a US…

3 years ago

Wrongly Convicted Post Office Staff Demand Prison For Former Bosses

Public inquiry update: Former Post Office workers wrongly convicted in Horizon IT scandal, call for prison sentences for management

3 years ago

EU Watchdog Begins Joint Investigation Into Public Sector Cloud Use

European Data Protection Board announces co-ordinated investigation over the use of cloud-based services by public sector organisations

3 years ago

Post Office Horizon Scandal Public Inquiry Begins

The “appalling injustice” of Post Office's Horizon scandal left some victims contemplating suicide after theft allegations and convictions

3 years ago

HMRC Seizes NFTs In £1.4m Fraud Probe

HMRC becomes first UK law enforcement body to seize non-fungible tokens, as authorities warn that crypto assets pose money-laundering risk

3 years ago

Tesla Sued For Racial Discrimination By California

Another reason for Elon Musk to hate California, as local agency sues electric car maker for race discrimination and harassment

3 years ago

FBI Arrest Couple For Alleged Laundering Of $4.5bn In Bitcoin

Married couple arrested in New York by FBI, in largest ever cryptocurrency theft case, as authorities seize $3.6 billion in…

3 years ago

FBI Admits Procurement Of NSO’s Pegasus For ‘Product Testing’

“Limited licence” for NSO's Pegasus spyware was obtained by FBI in 2019, but bureau says it never used it to…

3 years ago

Intel Celebrates As EU Court Strikes Down 2009 Antitrust Fine

Twelve year legal battle sees EU court grant Intel's appeal against $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine over treatment of AMD…

3 years ago

Google Sued For ‘Deceptive’ Location Tracking Practices

Four attorneys general in the US are suing Google for allegedly misleading users about when it was able to track…

3 years ago

Julian Assange Wins Right To Ask Supreme Court For Extradition Appeal

Another twist. Julian Assange wins right to ask UK's Supreme Court if it will hear his appeal against December extradition…

3 years ago

Google Asks Judge To Dismiss Most Of Texas Antitrust Case

Google asks federal judge to dismiss most counts of antitrust case filed by Texas and other states, saying case presents…

3 years ago

Italian Regulator Recalculates Apple, Amazon Fines

Italian regulator admits it has redetermined the fines against Apple and Amazon, over the sale of Apple and Beats products

3 years ago

US Extradition Case Of Dr Mike Lynch Delayed By A Week

HP's revenge? Former boss of Autonomy Mike Lynch is to wait a week to find out if a decision about…

3 years ago

FTC Antitrust Case Against Facebook Can Proceed, Judge Rules

Meta will face antitrust charges from US Federal Trade Commission, after a judge rejected attempt to dismiss amended FTC complaint

3 years ago

UK Police Forces Seize £300m In Cryptocurrencies – Report

New Scientist investigation reveals British police have seized more than £300m in cryptocurrencies during criminal investigations

3 years ago

Government Unveils National Cyber Strategy To Protect UK Plc

Deteriorating online threat landscape sees Government develop a national cyber strategy to ensure UK maintains position as global cyber power

3 years ago

Julian Assange Can Be Extradited To US, Court Decides

Court grants US appeal, meaning Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange is set to be extradited to US to face espionage charges.…

3 years ago

Amazon Fined Record $1.3 Billion By Italian Regulators

Mamma Mia! Italy's antitrust watchdog fines Amazon a massive 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for alleged abuse of market dominance

3 years ago

FTC Sues Nvidia To Block ARM Acquisition

US Federal Trade Commission sues Nvidia to block its acquisition of the UK's ARM Holdings, stating it will “stifle next…

3 years ago

NY AG Seeks Overseer For Amazon Worker Safety

New York's attorney general asks US judge to appoint someone who will oversee worker safety at Amazon, and to force…

3 years ago

Orange CEO Resigns After Court Conviction

Stephane Richard steps down from his CEO and chairman positions of French mobile giant Orange, after his conviction by a…

3 years ago

US Adds More Chinese Firms To Trade Blacklist

Trade war between the world's two biggest economies worsens, as the United States adds more Chinese firms to its Entity…

3 years ago

Apple, Amazon Fined $225m By Italian Watchdog Over Beat Headphones

Tech giants Apple and Amazon fined by Italian watchdog for anti-competitive behaviour in relation to the sale of Beats headphones…

3 years ago

US States Investigate Instagram Over Youth Risk

Group of US states launches consumer protection probe into the way Instagram targets young people and affects them following whistleblower…

3 years ago