Derrick Van Yeboah, a Ghanaian national, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10 million from victims through romance scams. He was a member of a criminal organization based in Ghana that preyed on vulnerable older men and women and stole, in total, more than $100 million from

Operation Winter SHIELD distills the FBI’s 10 most impactful actions organizations can take to improve resilience against cyber intrusions. Hear from Special Agent in Charge Moore about why this campaign is so important for everyone.

Operation Winter SHIELD's eighth most impactful action organizations can take to improve resilience against cyber intrusions is to strengthen email authentication and malicious content protections. Find resources to help your organization here: https://t.co/d8PuUi15Ko

Are you cyber safe? The FBI's Operation Winter SHIELD outlines 10 steps you can take right now to keep hackers at bay. Learn how to protect yourself and your business and help safeguard the nation from cyber-attacks that can shut down critical systems, hold your data for ransom,

Today, the #FBI, Europol and law enforcement agencies around the world executed a takedown of LeakBase, one of the largest cybercriminal platforms, seizing users’ accounts, posts, credit details, private messages and IP logs for evidentiary purposes. Together with our partners,

Email is still one of the top ways hackers gain access to organizations or carry out fraud. That’s why strengthening email authentication and malicious content protections is one of Operation Winter SHIELD’s 10 Key Defenses. Simple but powerful steps—like properly configuring

In 2025, the #FBI and UK partners secured the arrest of a key member of Scattered Spider, a #cyber criminal group linked to 120 network intrusions and more than $115 million in ransom payments. Our investigation revealed how heavily these actors rely on social engineering,

Special Agent in Charge Moore spoke with members of the South Carolina Infragard Members Alliance today and announced Operation Winter SHIELD. These important partners are critical to protecting various infrastructure sectors that depend on strong network security. Learn more

More than 3x the payroll for all of Major League Baseball; that's how much money victims lost to cyber scams and fraud in 2024. That's why the #FBI launched "Operation Winter SHIELD." Please use our 10-step guide to improve your cyber resilience. ➡️ https://t.co/EW23sPeULt

A Chilean national was extradited to the United States to face charges that he trafficked tens of thousands of stolen credit card numbers and related information. Alex Rodrigo Valenzuela Monje, aka “VAL4K,” was arraigned in court today and is the first Chilean national extradited

This week on Ahead of the Threat, the #FBI Cyber podcast, John Hammond, the principal security researcher at Huntress, joins Assistant Director Brett Leatherman for a wide-ranging discussion on hacking trends, the FBI’s Operation Winter Shield, and the importance of building an

🚨 Malicious cyber actors are targeting and compromising Cisco SD-WAN systems deployed by organizations worldwide. These actors have exploited a previously undisclosed authentication bypass vulnerability, CVE-2026-20127, for initial access before escalating privileges using

Every day, stolen passwords lead to countless cyber intrusions. Adopt phish-resistant methods to defend your organization and make it harder for attackers to gain access, even if they have your credentials. Consider the techniques of Scattered Spider, a cybercriminal group

The threats are constant. Day and night, cybercriminals target the critical systems of organizations nationwide to steal money and data. The FBI's Operation Winter SHIELD is working to protect innocent victims like you. Discover the 10 steps you can take right now to protect your

Romanian national Catalin Dragomir pleaded guilty to charges related to a 2021 cyberattack on an Oregon state government office and other intrusions targeting U.S. victims, resulting in losses of at least $250,000. https://t.co/2JjkaqVBJB

Nigerian national Matthew A. Akande was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a scheme to steal taxpayers’ personal information from Massachusetts tax preparation firms via phishing attacks and computer intrusions. Akande and his co-conspirators filed more than 1,000

If you don’t map your internet-facing systems, the adversary will. Unnecessary exposure creates entry points for attackers. The #FBI encourages your organization to keep a concise list of internet-facing systems and their owners, remove anything that doesn’t need to be public,

Great meeting this morning in Rome with the FBI’s outstanding counterparts, Chief of Police Vittorio Pisani and the Italian Department of Public Security. Back in July we began discussing ways to build the security cooperation between our two countries - and today, we signed a

Hackers and cybercriminals target both small business and large corporations, as well as schools, organizations, and home computers. Listen as Holly Kelley, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of FBI Dallas, discusses Operation Winter SHIELD, a cyber resilience campaign that

When connected to the internet, Operational Technology (OT) devices become easy targets for malicious cyber threat actors. Pro-Russia hacktivist groups are conducting attacks against critical infrastructure entities to infiltrate OT control devices and gain access to critical