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Judge keeps former OpenAI engineer in custody in spying case
The bail ruling keeps Abdulrahman Alfozan detained as prosecutors build a case that has drawn in alleged Saudi-linked contacts and support.
The bail ruling keeps Abdulrahman Alfozan detained as prosecutors build a case that has drawn in alleged Saudi-linked contacts and support.
The case shows how companies can be targeted through employer-issued devices routed through U.S.-based hosts.
The case shows how quickly a covert device inside a company office can turn into a criminal investigation.
The new arrest shows the case is widening, with the suspect now held under sealed charges in Texas.
The seizure cuts off infrastructure used to scan and break into targets, while a joint advisory gives defenders indicators and steps to check for compromise.
The agency says some victims need more than patches and password resets to get control of their firewalls back.
Attackers are deleting recovery copies before encryption, making restoration harder and raising the stakes for victims.
The reported cooperation could help investigators identify more people linked to ShinyHunters after months of FBI pressure.
The case targets a group the FBI links to extensive extortion attacks, while ShinyHunters denies any tie to the suspect.
The sensitive details could expose current and former staff to scams, impersonation, blackmail and targeted attacks.
Alleged theft of terabytes of FBI personnel records and defacement of FBIJobs.gov raises fresh questions over the agency’s data security.
US agencies inspected two U.S.-bound tankers after network breaches, as officials probe possible Iranian involvement.