US Department of Justice
CompanyThe United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the United States attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Todd Blanche currently serves as the attorney general.
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Facts
- Country
- United StatesSource: Wikidata
- Founded
- 1870Source: Wikidata
- Parent company
- Federal Government of the United StatesSource: Wikidata
- Headquarters
- Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice BuildingSource: Wikidata
- Subsidiaries
- Community Oriented Policing Services, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program, Department of Justice Office of Information Policy, Department of Justice Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility, Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, Department of Justice Office of the Solicitor General and 30 moreSource: Wikidata
- Official website
- www.justice.govSource: Wikidata
- Wikipedia
- Read on WikipediaSource: Wikidata
Security timeline
- Activity reported by Help Net SecuritySyrian hacker who posted fake White House explosions report sentenced to 42 months
- Named in ransomware reports by CyberScoopUkrainian Hive and Nefilim ransomware affiliate Artem Stryzhak sentenced to 70 months in prison
Recent news
US Justice Department flags privacy concerns over possible sale of Character.AI chat data
The DOJ's Executive Office for U.S. Trustees has asked for a consumer privacy ombudsman to advise the court on how Character.AI user chat data may be sold and under what terms. The filing highlights privacy risks tied to the transfer of conversational data in a potential sale.
US charges five over AI-assisted ghost student loan fraud, seizes over $750,000 in crypto
The US Department of Justice has charged five individuals in what it describes as the first broad federal crackdown on "ghost students", fraudsters who use the identities of hundreds of Americans to enrol as fake students and obtain student loans. The DOJ said the scheme relied partly on AI, and that data analysis helped flag likely fraudsters before it seized over $750,000 in cryptocurrency from a network associated with Kenyan nationals.
Syrian hacker who posted fake White House explosions report sentenced to 42 months
Ahmad Umar Agha, also known as Th3Pr0, was sentenced to 42 months by a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia, according to the US Department of Justice. He used a hijacked news agency Twitter account to post a fake report of explosions at the White House, which the headline links to a $136 billion market drop. The article says his central role was in a hacking conspiracy organised and led by members of the former Syrian government.
Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim ransomware affiliate Artem Stryzhak sentenced to 70 months in prison
Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak, a 36-year-old Ukrainian national, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn to 70 months for his role as an affiliate of the Nefilim and Hive ransomware operations between mid-2018 and late 2021. He pleaded guilty in December 2025 after being arrested in Spain in June 2024 and extradited in April 2025. Victims included hospitals, government entities, law firms and an oil and gas transportation company, and his alleged co-conspirator Volodymyr Tymoshchuk remains at large with an $11 million reward on offer.