The Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to heighten its focus on cybercrime, according to division head Nicole Argentieri.

The DOJ has been busy–very busy–disrupting and dismantling big cyber schemes, including the highly destructive LockBit and AlphV/Blackcat ransomware operations, along with the malicious 911 S5 botnet and Bitcoin Fog, a bitcoin money laundering service.

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