Collaborate Disseminate
Europol, along with the Spanish and the Romanian national police, has arrested 26 individuals in connection with the theft of over €3.5 million ($3.9 million) by hijacking people’s phone numbers via SIM swapping attacks.
The law enforcement agencies a… Continue reading Europol Arrests 26 SIM Swapping Fraudsters For Stealing Over $3 Million
The Indonesian National Police in a joint press conference with Interpol and cybersecurity firm Group-IB earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and… Continue reading Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks
An Irish national has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators who helped run now-defunct dark web marketplace “Silk Road.”
Gary Davis, 31, of Wicklow, Ireland, was known as ‘Libertas’ on the … Continue reading Silk Road Admin Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges
Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov has been extradited in the U.S. after allegedly launching malvertising campaigns that caused victims to view malicious ads on more than 100 million occasions. Continue reading Ukrainian Charged With Launching 100 Million Malicious Ads
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London—that’s almost seven years after he took refuge in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case.
According to a short note released by Londo… Continue reading WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum
A former National Security Agency contractor—who stole an enormous amount of sensitive information from the agency and then stored it at his home and car for over two decades—today changed his plea to guilty.
The theft was labeled as the largest heist… Continue reading Ex-NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty to 20-Year-Long Theft of Classified Data
Many of you might have this question in your mind:
“Is it illegal to test a website for vulnerability without permission from the owner?”
Or… “Is it illegal to disclose a vulnerability publicly?”
Well, the answer is YES, it’s illegal most of the tim… Continue reading Hacker who reported flaw in Hungarian Telekom faces up to 8-years in prison
Ukrainian Police have this week busted out two separate groups of hackers involved in carrying out DDoS attacks against news agencies and stealing money from Ukrainian citizens, respectively.
According to the authorities, the four suspected hackers th… Continue reading Ukrainian Police Arrest 6 Hackers Linked to DDoS and Financial Attacks
The U.S. authorities have charged two Ukrainian hackers for hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR filing system and stealing sensitive market-moving reports of companies before their public release.
EDGAR, or Electronic Data Gath… Continue reading Two Hackers Charged with Hacking SEC System in Stock-Trading Scheme
A simple DDoS attack could land you in jail for 10 years or even more.
A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for launching DDoS attacks against the computer network of two healthcare organizations in 2014 to protest the tre… Continue reading DDoSing Hospital Networks Landed This Hacktivist in Jail for Over 10 Years