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On February 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes across Iran under Operation Epic Fury (also referenced in reporting as Operation Lion’s Roar).

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    A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a superseding indictment, which was unsealed Thursday, charging four ...
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    Breaking: Elite Cybercrime Forum “Maza” Breached by Unknown Attacker
    On March 3, 2021, Flashpoint detected a breach of the elite Russian cybercrime forum known as “Maza” ...
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    How do airport security teams (and their stakeholders) benefit from open-source intelligence?
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    On Thursday, Feb. 25, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging two defendants in a scheme that ...
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    The scale and scope of shipping and return fraud scams have risen sharply since the global COVID-19 coronavirus ...
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    The Department of Justice announced: A newly filed federal indictment adds firearm and drug charges against a ...
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    New Mysterious Operators Usurp Elite Russian Hacker Forum “Verified”
    On February 17, 2021, the elite Russian hacker forum, “Verified,” resurfaced abruptly, stood up with new web ...
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    Data Breach Sales: What’s Trending on the Dark Web?
    Every year Flashpoint analyzes all of the activity that we observed in threat actor communities where the ...
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    Law Firm Jones Day Hit with Ransomware Attack, Third-Party Accellion Software Blamed
    One of the largest and highest-grossing international law firms, Jones Day, suffered a massive data breach at the ...
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