Russian authorities arrest nearly 100 in raids tied to cybercriminal money laundering

The Russian operation comes less than a week after the U.S. government unsealed indictments and sanctions against two men allegedly connected to the UAPS system

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Two Russian nationals indicted for servicing millions of dollars in cybercrime funds

The DOJ, Treasury, State Department and Secret Service announce actions against the men allegedly behind notorious payment exchange services and a carding website.

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash, a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. The government also indicted a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon, whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks. Continue reading U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Engraving a Puzzle Box? Here’s a Collection of Single-Line Cryptex Fonts

Here’s a neat resource from [MSRaynsford] that is worth bookmarking for anyone who gets creative with laser engravers, CNC routers, or drawing robots: SVGFonts are single-line symbol fonts that [MSRaynsford] …read more Continue reading Engraving a Puzzle Box? Here’s a Collection of Single-Line Cryptex Fonts

Scratchbuilt Cryptex Would Make Da Vinci Weep

Here’s a fun fact, the kind of thing that you might (but we definitely did not) find out when writing a blog post: Dan Brown actually made up the cryptex for his book, The Da Vinci Code. We therefore have Mr Brown, with a bit of help from the filmmakers over at Sony, to thank every time we see somebody make their own version. To follow that line of logic to its conclusion, we believe you’ll agree that the following is without question the greatest thing Dan Brown has ever done in his life.

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