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FBI seizes Warzone RAT infrastructure, arrests malware vendor

The FBI dismantled the Warzone RAT malware operation, seizing infrastructure and arresting two individuals associated with the cybercrime operation.
- Bill Toulas
- February 12, 2024
- 06:09 PM
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Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google

The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country's schools.
- Bill Toulas
- February 07, 2024
- 03:15 PM
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BTC-e server admin indicted for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto

Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national, has been indicted in the U.S. for his involvement in an international cybercrime money laundering operation.
- Bill Toulas
- February 02, 2024
- 10:33 AM
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Interpol operation Synergia takes down 1,300 servers used for cybercrime

An international law enforcement operation code-named 'Synergia' has taken down over 1,300 command and control servers used in ransomware, phishing, and malware campaigns.
- Bill Toulas
- February 02, 2024
- 07:56 AM
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Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site

The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet.
- Bill Toulas
- January 31, 2024
- 02:58 PM
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Vastaamo hacker traced via ‘untraceable’ Monero transactions, police says

Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the suspect believed to be behind an attack against one of Finland's largest psychotherapy clinics, Vastaamo, was allegedly identified by tracing what has been believed to be untraceable Monero transactions.
- Bill Toulas
- January 30, 2024
- 02:44 PM
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Police disrupt Grandoreiro banking malware operation, make arrests

The Federal Police of Brazil and cybersecurity researchers have disrupted the Grandoreiro banking malware operation, which has been targeting Spanish-speaking countries with financial fraud since 2017.
- Bill Toulas
- January 30, 2024
- 10:46 AM
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DHS employees jailed for stealing data of 200K U.S. govt workers

Three former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees were sentenced to prison for stealing proprietary U.S. government software and databases containing the personal data of 200,000 federal employees.
- Bill Toulas
- January 29, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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US, UK, Australia sanction REvil hacker behind Medibank data breach

The Australian government has announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, a Russian national considered responsible for the 2022 Medibank hack and a member of the REvil ransomware group.
- Bill Toulas
- January 23, 2024
- 08:40 AM
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Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure

A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on data.
- Bill Toulas
- January 20, 2024
- 11:17 AM
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FTC bans one more data broker from selling your location info

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to target data brokers, this time in a settlement with InMarket Media, which bans the company from selling Americans' precise location data.
- Bill Toulas
- January 19, 2024
- 12:13 PM
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US govt wants BreachForums admin sentenced to 15 years in prison

The United States government has recommended that Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the creator and lead administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums hacking forums, receive a sentence of 15 years in prison.
- Bill Toulas
- January 18, 2024
- 11:08 AM
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US court docs expose fake antivirus renewal phishing tactics

In a seizure warrant application, the U.S. Secret Service sheds light on how threat actors stole $34,000 using fake antivirus renewal subscription emails.
- Bill Toulas
- January 15, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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ShinyHunters member gets 3 years in prison for breaching 60 firms

The U.S. District Court in Seattle sentenced ShinyHunters member Sebastien Raoult to three years in prison and ordered a restitution of $5,000,000.
- Bill Toulas
- January 10, 2024
- 09:46 AM
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Victoria court recordings exposed in reported ransomware attack

Australia's Court Services Victoria (CSV) is warning that video recordings of court hearings were exposed after suffering a reported Qilin ransomware attack.
- Bill Toulas
- January 02, 2024
- 10:47 AM
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Interpol operation arrests 3,500 cybercriminals, seizes $300 million

An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation HAECHI IV' has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects of various lower-tier cybercrimes and seized $300 million in illicit proceeds.
- Bill Toulas
- December 19, 2023
- 02:09 PM
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Former IT manager pleads guilty to attacking high school network

Conor LaHiff, a former IT manager for a New Jersey public high school, has admitted to committing a cyberattack against his former employer following the termination of his employment in June 2023.
- Bill Toulas
- December 18, 2023
- 10:00 AM
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Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer’s code repos

Miklos Daniel Brody, a cloud engineer, was sentenced to two years in prison and a restitution of $529,000 for wiping the code repositories of his former employer in retaliation for being fired by the company.
- Bill Toulas
- December 12, 2023
- 10:02 AM
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SIM swapper gets 8 years in prison for account hacks, crypto theft

Amir Hossein Golshan, 25, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Los Angeles District Court and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for crimes involving SIM swapping, merchant fraud, support fraud, account hacking, and cryptocurrency theft.
- Bill Toulas
- November 29, 2023
- 02:26 PM
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Kansas courts confirm data theft, ransom demand after cyberattack

The Kansas Judicial Branch has published an update on a cybersecurity incident it suffered last month, confirming that hackers stole sensitive files containing confidential information from its systems.
- Bill Toulas
- November 22, 2023
- 02:40 PM
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