Collaborate Disseminate
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Russian-Israeli national, Rostislav Panev, for his alleged role as a developer in the LockBit ransomware group, accused of designing malware and maintaining infrastructure for attacks that extorted over $500 m… Continue reading Justice Department Unveils Charges Against Alleged LockBit Developer
Spanish police have uncovered a major clue in the year-long investigation of a missing Cuban man, JLPO, after Google Street View images showed a man loading a body-shaped package into a car and pushing a wheelbarrow with a large white package. These im… Continue reading Murder Mystery Solved By Google Street View
59-year-old Alex Mashinsky, the founder/former CEO of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, “pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of fraud,” reports Reuters.
He’d been indicted in July on seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and market manipulation … Continue reading Founder of Cryptocurrency Lender ‘Celsius Network’ Pleads Guilty to Fraud
A joint investigation team involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down Matrix, yet another end-to-end encrypted chat service created for criminals. Matrix (Source: Dutch Police) The Matrix encrypted chat service Matrix – also know as Ma… Continue reading Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals
schwit1 writes: Recruiters approach students with tempting offers, often after observing them for weeks. Promising salaries of over $800 per month — double the average pay for chemists in Mexican companies, along with potential bonuses like cars or ho… Continue reading Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students To Make Fentanyl
America’s FBI “has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant,” reports Reuters, “over the contractor’s alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar … Continue reading Exxon Lobbyist Investigated Over ‘Hack-and-Leak’ of Environmentalist Emails
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The founder of an artificial intelligence start-up focused on education was arrested and charged with defrauding her investors, lying about the company’s profits and falsely claiming that som… Continue reading Forbes 30 Under 30 Founder Who Sold AI Chatbot To Schools Charged With Fraud
Interpol arrested 1,006 suspects in Africa during a massive two-month operation, clamping down on cybercrime that left tens of thousands of victims, including some who were trafficked, and produced millions in financial damages, the global police organ… Continue reading Interpol Clamps Down on Cybercrime and Arrests Over 1,000 Suspects in Africa
On November 24th, 1971 — 53 years ago today — a mysterious man jumped out of an airplane clutching $200,000 in ransom money. (He’d extorted it from the airline by claiming he had a bomb, and it’s still “the only unsolved case of air piracy … Continue reading Is There New Evidence in the D.B. Cooper Case?
On November 24th, 1971 — 53 years ago today — a mysterious man jumped out of an airplane clutching $200,000 in ransom money. (He’d extorted it from the airline by claiming he had a bomb, and it’s still “the only unsolved case of air piracy … Continue reading Is There New Evidence in the D.B. Cooper Case?