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A malicious hacking group, thought to have been operating since at least 2013, may have suffered a significant blow after the arrest of a suspected leading member by Spanish police late last week.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Sec… Continue reading Kelvin Security cybercrime gang suspect seized by Spanish police
This is what appears to be the first arrest in the country related to the misuse of artificial intelligence. Continue reading China Arrests Man for Allegedly Using ChatGPT to Create Fake News
The boy, who has not been named, was arrested as part of an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA). He remains in police custody.
Although at the time of writing no more details have been shared, there is speculation online that the arrest… Continue reading Oxford teen arrested in UK on suspicion of hacking
The launch of the Miami-Dade school year was abruptly interrupted last week by a series of DDoS attacks targeting school IT infrastructures and the K12 e-learning platform that allows teachers and students to participate in online classes. The first th… Continue reading Teenager Arrested for Last Weeks’ DDoS Attacks on Miami-Dade Public School Network
Three have been charged in alleged connection with the recent high-profile Twitter hack – including a 17-year-old teen from Florida who is the reported “mastermind” behind the attack. Continue reading Authorities Arrest Alleged 17-Year-Old ‘Mastermind’ Behind Twitter Hack
U.S. authorities have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the breach this month in which attackers seized control of high profile Twitter accounts as part of an apparent bitcoin scam. The State Attorney in Hillsborough, County, Florida announced Friday that Graham Ivan Clark “was the mastermind” of the July 15 Twitter breach. In that incident, hackers leveraged accounts belonging to former president Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Tesla founder Elon Musk and others in an attempt to convince millions of followers to send bitcoin to a particular. Twitter previously said attackers had targeted 130 accounts, tweeting from 45 of those, accessing the direct messages of 36 and downloading Twitter data from seven users. Clark was charged with 30 felonies, including 17 counts of communications fraud, ten counts of fraudulent use of personal information and one count of organized fraud. “This defendant lives here in Tampa, he committed the […]
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U.S. law enforcement arrested and charged a man with fraudulently obtaining loans via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). On July 16, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Att… Continue reading Los Angeles Man Arrested, Charged with PPP Loan Fraud
The Detroit man allegedly bragged about wanting to “play with Peoplesoft” – the HR management software he called “basically HR in a box.” Continue reading Hacker indicted for stealing 65K employees’ PII in medical center hack
Federal agents have arrested a 29-year-old Michigan man for allegedly hacking into a medical center in 2014, stealing data on more than 65,000 people and then selling it on the dark web, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. A 43-count indictment charges Justin Sean Johnson with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy for the hack of a database at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania’s largest health care system. Johnson’s sale of medical center employees’ Social Security numbers and addresses led other alleged criminals to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake IRS tax refunds, prosecutors said. “The health care sector has become an attractive target of cyber criminals looking to update personal information for use in fraud,” Timothy Burke, special agent in charge for the U.S. Secret Service in Pittsburgh, said in a statement. The indictment also alleges that from 2014 to 2017 Johnson sold other personally identifiable information […]
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A Ukrainian national was arrested last week in Seattle for his alleged involvement in hacking operations run by FIN7, a syndicate known for stealing approximately $1 billion from its victims in the United States. According to court documents obtained by CyberScoop, Denys Iarmak has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer hacking, accessing a protected computer to commit fraud, intentional damage to a protected computer, access device fraud, conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The arrest is a significant move against financially motivated FIN7, which has targeted the hospitality and gaming industries in the last several years. FIN7 has gone after restaurants including Chipotle, Red Robin, Taco John, as well as a credit union and a casino. According to the court documents, Iarmak was part of a scheme where operators allegedly ran spearphishing campaigns to gain unauthorized access to victim computers, deploy malware, conduct […]
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