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REvil ransomware: US seizes $6 million in ransom payments and expected to charge Ukrainian over major cyberattack

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national who was arrested in Poland last month, is accused of deploying ransomware known as REvil, which has been used in hacks that have cost US firms millions of dollars. Vasinskyi conducted a ransomware attack over the Fourth of July weekend on Florida-based software firm Kaseya that infected up to 1,500… Read More »

Grand Rapids officer facing 2nd-degree murder charge in Patrick Lyoya shooting

Related: As seen in video released by police, Schurr pulled over Lyoya about 8 a.m. in a residential neighborhood on the city’s southeast side. Lyoya fled on foot after a brief encounter with Schurr outside Lyoya’s car, but Schurr chased and tackled him a few feet from the car. The pair scuffled for about 2 minutes… Read More »

Domestic terrorism charge against Orleans County student marks rare use of 2018 law

Lake Region Union High School. Image via Google Maps Late last week, a Lake Region Union High School student threatened gun violence on Snapchat, calling out three students by name, as well as the entire school community.  The minor was quickly apprehended and appeared in family court last Friday, facing charges of criminal threatening and… Read More »