Authorities disrupt world’s largest IoT DDoS botnets for attacks targeting victims worldwide

Authorities disrupt world’s largest IoT DDoS botnets for attacks targeting victims worldwide

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Justice Department participated in a court-authorized law enforcement operation Thursday to disrupt Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad Internet of Things (IoT) botnets. The operation was conducted simultaneously to law enforcement actions conducted in Canada and Germany, which targeted individuals who operated […]

Attorney General Cox settles with Southeast Jewelry Store over Fake Gold Quartz and Gold Nuggets

Attorney General Cox settles with Southeast Jewelry Store over Fake Gold Quartz and Gold Nuggets

  (Ketchikan, AK) – Thursday, Attorney General Cox announced the settlement of the State’s consumer-protection lawsuit against Soni Inc., a jewelry retail business which currently does business in Ketchikan under the name “Flawless Fine Jewelry,” and one of its corporate officers, Sunita Lakhwani. In 2023, Soni Inc. sold man-made facsimiles of naturally occurring gold quartz […]

Attorney General Sues FinTech for Impersonating Alaska Nonprofits’ Identities and Deceiving Donors

Attorney General Sues FinTech for Impersonating Alaska Nonprofits’ Identities and Deceiving Donors

  (Anchorage, Alaska) – Tuesday, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox announced lawsuits against six crowdfunding platforms—GoFundMe, Pay Pal Inc, Charity Navigator, Just Giving, Pledge to and Network for Good—for creating donation pages for charities without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuits allege that these companies used publicly available data to generate fundraising pages for over […]

Alaska Attorney General Seeks Clarification of Airline Policies Undermining Drug Interdiction in Alaska

Alaska Attorney General Seeks Clarification of Airline Policies Undermining Drug Interdiction in Alaska

(Anchorage, AK) –  Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox this week sent a letter to Alaska Airlines seeking clarification of company policies that discourage employees from cooperating with law enforcement efforts to interdict illegal drugs entering Alaska. The letter outlines Alaska’s drug crisis and the state’s unique vulnerability as a geographically isolated destination where virtually all […]