Accenture to Add New Biometrics to DHS Program on $71M Contract

Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary has been selected to enhance a U.S. Department of Homeland Security biometric and biographic identity management system.

The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program helps federal, state and local officials determine whether travelers can legally enter or remain in the U.S., the company said. 

The company will work to increase the…

Former IT Admin Pleads Guilty to Cyber Attack

A Georgia man pleaded guilty this week to hacking the computer system of Shionogi, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese pharmaceutical company, and wreaking havoc on its internal servers.

According to federal prosecutors in New Jersey, Jason Cornish, 37, admitted to using a public server in Smyrna, Ga., to infiltrate the network of the Shionogi subsidiary after he had ended his employment as an information technology administrator…

Woman Gets Two Years for Selling $400,000 Worth of Counterfeit Software

A Michigan woman was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for selling more than $400,000 worth of counterfeit computer software, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Jacinda Jones, 31, of Ypsilanti, Mich., sold more than 7,000 copies of pirated software at discounted prices through the website www.cheapdl.com.   The software had a retail value of more than $2 million and was owned by several companies, including Microsoft, Adobe, Intuit…

DOJ, FBI Dismantle Global Scareware Ring

The Justice Department and the FBI, along with international law enforcement partners, have announced the indictment of two individuals from Latvia and the seizure of more than 40 computers, servers and bank accounts as part of Operation Trident Tribunal, a coordinated enforcement effort targeting global cyber crime.

The operation targeted international cyber crime rings that caused more than $74 million in total…

Botnet Bust Slashes Size of Coreflood

The Justice Department has filed a preliminary injunction against the operators of the Coreflood botnet– a network of hundreds of thousands of computers infected with malware.

In addition to banning the defendants from using Coreflood to commit fraud and to illegally intercept electronic communications, the injunction authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service and FBI to use a substitute server to stop Coreflood from running on…

DOJ Awards Contract to General Dynamics

The Justice Department awarded General Dynamics with a contract worth $1.1 billion. The terms of the seven-year contract, under the department’s Information Technology Support Services 4 program, requires General Dynamics to provide systems development lifecycle support for the DOJ’s IT systems and equipment.

Senior VP of General Dynamics IT Civilian and Homeland Security Solutions…

ManTech Awarded Contract with DOJ

ManTech International Corporation has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract with the Justice Department.

The six-year contract will provide a number of security and IT components with the goal of supporting DOJ in combating cyber threats and staying current with the latest in IT technology.

The Information Support Services Technology contract specifically provides DOJ with…

Holder Announces Crackdown of Websites Purveying Counterfeit Goods

Just in time for Cyber Monday, as millions of Americans are expected to make holiday purchases with the click of a mouse, Attorney General Eric Holder announced stepped-up efforts to shut down sites selling counterfeit products.

Working with the Justice Department’s criminal division, the Department of Homeland Security and…

Why Successful Partnerships are Critical for Promoting Cybersecurity

Protecting the digital infrastructure is a shared responsibility of governments and private sector participants.  Although some may argue that government must take charge, achieving success here will require action from all, including partnerships between governments, within the private sector, and between government and the private sector.  While some refer to private-public…

U.S. Not Doing Enough to Counter ID Theft

According to an internal review conducted at the Department of Justice, the department has failed to do enough to combat identity theft. Inspector General Glenn Fine says in a report that the DOJ has allowed the issue of identity theft to fad into the background in the past few years and that current efforts are not adequate.

Identity theft effected over 10 million Americans last year, according to estimates by…