Stevie Bonifield

The DOJ is charging two former ransomware negotiators at DigitalMint, along with a former incident response manager at Sygnia, for allegedly hacking and attempting to extort at least five US-based companies using ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. The “rogue” trio allegedly got a $1.2 million ransom from one victim. DigitalMint and Sygnia say they are cooperating with the investigation.

The new WhatsApp watchOS app announced today lets you send and receive full-length voice and text messages, get call notifications, use reactions, view images and stickers, and view your full chat history, all end-to-end encrypted.

A judge ordered Jesse Keighin, who streamed under the name EveryGameGuru, to pay Nintendo $17,500 in damages for streaming unreleased games, as reported by VGC. Keighin sent Nintendo gutsy emails in response to takedown requests, saying he had “a thousand burner channels” and could “do this all day,” but he didn’t respond to Nintendo’s legal complaint.

The social media giants have agreed to boot users under 16 from their platforms by the December 10th deadline, but are still voicing skepticism about the policy’s enforcement and effectiveness.