Latest Law Enforcement news

Two men guilty of breaching law enforcement portal in blackmail scheme

Two men have pleaded guilty to hacking into a federal law enforcement database to steal personal information of those they were extorting.
- Bill Toulas
- June 18, 2024
- 10:48 AM
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Ransomware payments drop to record low of 28% in Q1 2024

Ransomware actors have had a rough start this year, as stats from cybersecurity firm Coveware show that the trend of victims declining to pay the cybercriminals continues and has now reached a new record low of 28%.
- Bill Toulas
- April 21, 2024
- 10:21 AM
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LockBit ransomware returns to attacks with new encryptors, servers

The LockBit ransomware gang is once again conducting attacks, using updated encryptors with ransom notes linking to new servers after last week's law enforcement disruption.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 28, 2024
- 01:31 PM
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US charged 19 suspects linked to xDedic cybercrime marketplace

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the end of a transnational investigation into the dark web xDedic cybercrime marketplace, charging 19 suspects for their involvement in running and using the market's services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 05, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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The law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime in 2023

In 2023, we saw numerous law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime operations, including cryptocurrency scams, phishing attacks, credential theft, malware development, and ransomware attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 01, 2024
- 11:05 AM
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The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2023

2023 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 01, 2024
- 10:09 AM
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How the FBI seized BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware’s servers

An unsealed FBI search warrant revealed how law enforcement hijacked the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operations websites and seized the associated URLs.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 19, 2023
- 12:27 PM
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FBI disrupts Blackcat ransomware operation, creates decryption tool

The Department of Justice announced today that the FBI successfully breached the ALPHV ransomware operation's servers to monitor their activities and obtain decryption keys.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 19, 2023
- 09:16 AM
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Qbot malware returns in campaign targeting hospitality industry

The QakBot malware is once again being distributed in phishing campaigns after the botnet was disrupted by law enforcement over the summer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 17, 2023
- 10:09 AM
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ALPHV ransomware site outage rumored to be caused by law enforcement

A law enforcement operation is rumored to be behind an outage affecting ALPHV ransomware gang's websites over the last 30 hours.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 08, 2023
- 01:30 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - October 20th 2023 - Fighting Back

This was a bad week for ransomware, with the Trigona ransomware suffering a data breach and law enforcement disrupting the RagnarLocker ransomware operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 21, 2023
- 11:05 AM
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Ragnar Locker ransomware’s dark web extortion sites seized by police

The Ragnar Locker ransomware operation's Tor negotiation and data leak sites were seized Thursday morning as part of an international law enforcement operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 19, 2023
- 10:39 AM
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Police operation 'SpecTor' arrests 288 dark web drug vendors and buyers

An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'SpecTor' has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide, with police seizing €50.8 million ($55.9M) in cash and cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2023
- 10:40 AM
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UK creates fake DDoS-for-hire sites to identify cybercriminals

The U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed today that they created multiple fake DDoS-for-hire service websites to identify cybercriminals who utilize these platforms to attack organizations.
- Bill Toulas
- March 24, 2023
- 12:35 PM
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Breached hacking forum shuts down, fears it's not 'safe' from FBI

The notorious Breached hacking forum has shut down after the remaining administrator, Baphomet, disclosed that they believe law enforcement has access to the site's servers.
- Bill Toulas
- March 21, 2023
- 12:20 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - March 10th 2023 - Police Take Action

This week's biggest news was the coordinated, international law enforcement operation between Europol, the FBI, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ukraine that targeted the DoppelPaymer operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 10, 2023
- 05:34 PM
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Z-Library now has secret “personal domains” for each user

The controversial Z-Library online eBook repository has once again returned to the web, this time with secret user URLs that attempt to hinder disruption by law enforcement.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 13, 2023
- 04:11 PM
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Hive ransomware disrupted after FBI hacks gang's systems

Today, the Hive ransomware Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation involving the US Department of Justice, FBI, Secret Service, Europol, and Germany's BKA and Polizei.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 26, 2023
- 10:14 AM
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FBI seized domains linked to 48 DDoS-for-hire service platforms

The US Department of Justice has seized 48 Internet domains and charged six suspects for their involvement in running 'Booter' or 'Stresser' platforms that allow anyone to easily conduct distributed denial of service attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 14, 2022
- 04:20 PM
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Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network with 500,000 users

The Spanish police have dismantled a network of pirated streaming sites that illegally distributed content from 2,600 TV channels and 23,000 movies and series to roughly 500,000 users.
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2022
- 09:55 AM
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