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Pair Convicted In Worldwide Ransomware Attacks, Victimizing NJ Residents: Feds Pair Convicted In Worldwide Ransomware Attacks, Victimizing NJ Residents: Feds
Pair Convicted In Worldwide Ransomware Attacks, Victimizing NJ Residents: Feds Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty and were convicted on Thursday, July 18 to participating in the LockBit ransomware group and to deploying attacks on computer systems in New Jersey and worldwide, authorities said. LockBit was described as "one of the most destructive ransomware groups in the world," by U.S. Justice Department officials. Ruslan Magomedeovic Astamirov, 21, a Russian national from the Chechen Republic and Mikhail Vasiliev, 34, from Bradford, Ontario, a dual citizen in Canada and Russia, pleaded guilty to participating in the LockBit ransomware group that targeted critical …

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Selena Gomez Email Hack Traced To Ridgefield Park Woman Selena Gomez Email Hack Traced To Ridgefield Park Woman
Selena Gomez Email Hack Traced To Ridgefield Park Woman A 21-year-old Ridgefield Park woman was charged with hacking the email accounts of Hollywood actress and singer Selena Gomez multiple times over the course of eight months, authorities said. Susan Atrach was charged Thursday with five felony counts of identity theft; five counts of accessing and using computer data to commit fraud or to control or obtain money, property or data and accessing and using computer data without permission, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Atrach is accused of accessing Gomez' accounts multiple times between June 2015 and Feb…

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by Cecilia Levine