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Feds Issue Medusa Warning to Gmail, Outlook Users
Feds Issue Medusa Warning
to Gmail, Outlook Users
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 22, 2025 12:00 PM CDT

Feds Issue Medusa Warning to Gmail, Outlook Users

Ransomware attackers use 'double extortion' model

(Newser) - The FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are urging users of email services including Gmail and Outlook to protect themselves from Medusa. The agencies say attackers using the ransomware variant have hit hundreds of companies across multiple industries, including critical infrastructure, using phishing techniques and exploiting software...

Affidavit: Disruptive Flier Struck Man Who Was Filming Him

FBI alleges Asterius Mutayoba Rulamka disrupted a March 5 flight to DC

(Newser) - A Texas man who allegedly disrupted an American Airlines flight earlier this month reportedly indicated he was bound for Washington, DC, in order to speak with President Trump, per an FBI affidavit seen by Fox News . According to the affidavit, Asterius Mutayoba Rulamka departed from Wichita, Kansas, on March 5...

Reward for Ex-Olympic Snowboarder Upped to $10M

Canadian drug trafficker Ryan Wedding is believed to be hiding out in Mexico

(Newser) - The reward for a former Olympic snowboarder has been upped to more than $10 million. Ryan Wedding, a Canadian citizen accused of running an international drug trafficking operation , is believed to be living in Mexico but federal prosecutors said Thursday that investigators "have not ruled out his presence in...

FBI Investigates Shooting at Oregon Tesla Dealership

Shots fired damage Tesla vehicles and shatter store windows, but no one was inside building

(Newser) - Police in Tigard, Oregon, are investigating gunshots fired at a Tesla dealership overnight, one of several recent incidents targeting Tesla dealerships that, police say, are politically motivated. The latest incident occurred at about 1:46am Thursday, the AP reports. Surveillance footage indicates at least seven shots were fired, damaging three...

Top New York FBI Agent Ousted After 'Defiant' Move

James Dennehy pushed back on Trump's January 6 request

(Newser) - James Dennehy, the top FBI agent at the New York field office, announced Monday that he had been forced to retire, following a high-profile clash with the Trump administration last month. "Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just...

Bogus Texts Warning of Unpaid Tolls Resurface
That Text About Your Unpaid
Tolls? You've Been 'Smished'
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Mar 1, 2025 7:00 AM CST

That Text About Your Unpaid Tolls? You've Been 'Smished'

FBI, FTC warn that scam messages have been hitting people's smartphones

(Newser) - If you recently received a text message reprimanding you for an unpaid road toll bill, or even "toll evasion" (as several Newser editors were accused of), you can probably ignore it. Authorities are warning that mystery texts blasted out across the country are phony, pretending to come directly from...

Much Ballyhooed Epstein Files Are Out

And they amount to 200 pages of 'old info' released by the Justice Department

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi teased the release of "the Epstein files" as a show of transparency that would become "breaking news." She and other Republicans have suggested the government was concealing files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some conservative commentators have insisted there are...

Pick for No. 2 at FBI Bucks Tradition

Pundit Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, doesn't come from within the agency

(Newser) - A name familiar to supporters of President Trump is the new No. 2 at the FBI. Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday night that conservative pundit Dan Bongino will serve as deputy director under Kash Patel, reports the Washington Post . About Bongino:
  • He worked as an NYPD officer before
...

Trump's Appointees Put Musk's Power to the Test

Patel, Gabbard among agency leaders telling employees not to justify their roles to Musk

(Newser) - Multiple government agencies run by Trump-appointed leaders have told employees not to respond to an email from Elon Musk , demanding they provide five bullet points explaining the work they got done over the past week. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation," Musk wrote Saturday on...

Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too
Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too
Feb 23, 2025 1:40 PM CST

Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too

FBI director to do double duty

(Newser) - Days after taking the oath as FBI director, Kash Patel is to be sworn in as acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The unusual arrangement will have one person in charge of two major agencies in the Justice Department, after senators of both parties had...

Malcolm X's Family to Trump: Release Files on Assassination

Attorney Ben Crump to make request of Trump administration on Friday, 60th anniversary of shooting

(Newser) - Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is urging the Trump administration to release secret files related to the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, which he claims was a government conspiracy . Crump is representing three of Malcolm X's daughters in a lawsuit claiming the FBI, CIA, and other government agencies failed...

Senate Narrowly Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director

2 Republicans voted against Trump loyalist

(Newser) - The Senate narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI on Thursday, moving to place him atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do President Trump's bidding and go after the president's...

Sentence Commuted, Activist Leaves Prison After 50 Years

Native American Leonard Peltier was given one of Biden's final commutations

(Newser) - Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, after former President Biden commuted his life sentence for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, a decision that elated Peltier's supporters while angering law enforcement officials who believe he's guilty. For nearly 50 years, Peltier'...

Senate Panel Clears Kash Patel for FBI

Party-line vote sets up Trump's nominee for confirmation by full Senate

(Newser) - It's been another good day for President Trump's nominees. On the same day that Robert F. Kennedy was confirmed as health secretary , a Senate panel advanced the controversial nomination of Kash Patel to run the FBI, reports the Hill . The move clears the way for his confirmation by...

FBI Finds 2.4K Files on JFK Assassination

Don't expect bombshells

(Newser) - The FBI has uncovered roughly 2,400 records about the assassination of John F. Kennedy that will be now be added to the official case file, reports CBS News . The records were found after President Trump issued an executive order last month ordering the declassification of all the assassination records,...

'Drizz' Is the 'Accidental' Head of the FBI

Acting FBI chief Brian Driscoll seems to be earning a following

(Newser) - It's not yet clear if Kash Patel will clear the bar of his Senate confirmation hearings to become the next director of the FBI, but in the interim, an "accidental" chief has been holding the fort down. That's how the New York Times describes Brian Driscoll, a...

Bove: FBI Agents Who 'Simply Followed Orders' Won't Be Fired

Acting deputy AG says only people who acted with 'corrupt or partisan intent' should worry

(Newser) - FBI agents who "simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner" while investigating the Capitol riot shouldn't fear firing or other punishment, a top Justice Department official says. In an email to the FBI workforce Wednesday, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said the...

FBI Agents Sue Over Newly Compiled DOJ List

Lawsuits say it will result in retaliation against those who worked on Jan. 6 cases

(Newser) - Two separate groups of FBI agents and employees have filed federal lawsuits to try to block the Justice Department from retaliating against them because they worked on cases about the Capitol riot, reports the New York Times . Both suits argue it would be unlawful to take action against them over...

FBI Lays Groundwork for Mass Firing of Agents

There won't be political retribution, Patel had assured Senate panel

(Newser) - One day after Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI director, told Congress that the agency would not engage in retribution, multiple outlets reported that as many as hundreds of agents who worked on investigations of Trump or his allies are being examined for possible firing. The FBI is...

FBI Pick Patel Breaks With Trump on J6 Pardons

'I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement'

(Newser) - Kash Patel, nominee to be the next FBI director, is known for his fierce loyalty to President Trump. But early in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Patel split with Trump on a high-profile issue—the sweeping pardons issued to all those in the Capitol riot,...

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