Russian-Canadian National Charged in LockBit Conspiracy
- November 15, 2022
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Department of Justice has unsealed a criminal complaint charging a Russian-Canadian national as a co-conspirator in the LockBit ransomware campaign. The alleged LockBit conspiracy has globally emerged as one of the most active ransomware variants. The complaint…
Splinternets: Human Rights and Internet Fragmentation
- October 31, 2022
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Cyberspace has been described as an unregulated mess where ransomware hawkers and data brokers peddle their wares alongside nation states, spy agencies, corporations, journalists and activists. Who governs who is up for grabs in the digital universe while some states…
Personal Autonomy and the War on Cash
- October 16, 2022
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
In a cashless society financial transactions are conducted with digital information by the use of credit and debit cards, mobile payments and digital currencies. The trend toward digital transactions has increased in the early twenty-first century with the development of…
Russian Oligarch Indicted for Sanctions Evasion
- September 30, 2022
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Prominent Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska and two of his associates have been charged with conspiracy to violate sanctions imposed by the United States in response to Russia’s unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine. The indictment in the United States District…
Iranians Indicted In Hacking Conspiracy
- September 15, 2022
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment yesterday charging three Iranian nationals with carrying out cyber attacks against global critical infrastructure. The targets included government entities, accounting firms and power companies. The alleged goal of the campaign was…