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New civil disputes and financial judgments have joined the multistate court docket involving Joseph Blake Smith and his failed SQRL convenience store venture. read more >

Four R Marketing LLC is suing one of its customers who was allegedly scammed by a hacker for $2.5 million. read more >

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cyber Security, Energy Security & Emergency Response allocated the money to further work at the Emerging Threat Information Sharing & Analysis Center — a sort of cybersecurity clinic — at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >

The FBI said it was aware of the incident and was assisting the investigation. read more >

The requirements would apply to the executive branch — with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research purposes — and don't appear to cover Congress, where a handful of lawmakers maintain TikTok accounts. read more >

The hacker posted samples they said were from the database to an online forum popular with cybercriminals last weekend and said they were asking $50,000 for the entire database. read more >

Recent attacks such as one that targeted the Los Angeles school district last month to underscore the urgency of the issue and the summit read more >

Sworn depositions reveal that the original licensing process was questionable enough to spawn an FBI investigation. read more >

Cyber risk is business risk, and there is no shortage of recent examples of the wide-ranging economic effects wrought by cyberattacks. read more >

Federal authorities recovered more than half a million dollars in ransom payments. read more >

Hackers have scanned at least five energy companies for vulnerabilities and at least 18 other companies in sectors including the defense industrial base and financial services. read more >

Antitrust law violations will be the focus of the initiative. read more >

The turn toward virtual learning has made schools more vulnerable. read more >

The plea deal gives Simon Ang the right to withdraw from the agreement if his sentence exceeds one year and one day. read more >

The FBI backed away from an Arkansas prosecutor's statement that its agents would help unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple, saying Thursday it hasn't yet examined the devices and isn't sure whether it will be able to help. read more >

The FBI agreed Wednesday to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a Conway couple. read more >

U.S. authorities have joined the investigation into a fire that damaged the childhood home of former President Bill Clinton in Arkansas. read more >

The Fayetteville bank had to make good on a guarantee it issued when Bolt fraudulently claimed $1.9 million in assets held as unclaimed by the state of California, an FBI agent testified Monday. read more >

The Arkansas headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $19.5 million. A 260-unit apartment project in Little Rock’s Riverdale area is in the works after a $2.57 million land deal. And a 9,460-SF office building in west Little Rock that was the subject of foreclosure proceedings has been sold for $750,000. read more >

The $19.5 million sale of the Arkansas headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation kicks off a quartet of million-dollar real estate transactions in Pulaski County. read more >