FBI Launches Operation Winter SHIELD in Effort to Advance Cyber Resilience Across Critical Sectors

On April 6, 2026, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its 2025 IC3 Annual Report, which provides key trends, case data, and other statistics related to the FBI’s ongoing efforts to combat emerging cybersecurity threats. According to the report, 2025 marked the first time the total reported cybercrime losses surpassed $20 billion, with cryptocurrency […]

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On December 19, 2023, the Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced a disruption campaign against the Blackcat ransomware group.  In the same press release, they also stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) had developed a decryption tool to combat ALPHV/Blackcat’s ransomware variant.  Over the last couple of years, Blackcat’s ransomware has risen in popularity and […]

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