• Russian hacker gang Evil Corp. may be behind days-long Garmin outage

    Russian hacker gang Evil Corp. may be behind days-long Garmin outage

    A gang of Russian hackers may be behind the cyberattack that disabled Garmin’s fitness-tracking services for several days, reports say. The attackers reportedly crippled the smartwatch maker’s Garmin Connect service last week with malicious software tied to Evil Corp., a Moscow-based hacker group run by alleged cybercriminal Maksim Yakubets. Evil Corp. runs the WastedLocker ransomware …
  • Feds ramp up probe of $2.1B Google-Fitbit deal amid privacy worries

    Feds ramp up probe of $2.1B Google-Fitbit deal amid privacy worries

    The Department of Justice has stepped up its investigation of Google’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, a deal that critics say could pose increased threats to customer privacy, two sources close to the situation told The Post. In a move that typically signals increased scrutiny for a merger, regulators are now conducting a so-called …