Collaborate Disseminate
German federal police have arrested a 20-year-old local student for stealing and publishing a massive trove of personal data of hundreds of politicians, journalists and other public figures last month.
The young man, whose identity has not been reveal… Continue reading 20-Year-Old Man Arrested For Carrying Out Germany’s Biggest Data Leak
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday charges against two Iranian nationals for their involvement in creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware.
The alleged hackers, Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah, 27, have bee… Continue reading U.S Charges Two Iranian Hackers for SamSam Ransomware Attacks
An Irish national who helped run the now-defunct dark web marketplace Silk Road pleaded guilty on Friday to drug trafficking charges that carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Gary Davis, also known as Libertas, was one of the site administr… Continue reading Silk Road Admin Pleads Guilty – Could Face Up to 20 Years in Prison
An Australian teenager who pleaded guilty to break into Apple’s private systems multiple times over several months and download some 90GB of secure files has avoided conviction and will not serve time in prison.
An Australian Children’s Court has give… Continue reading 16-Year-Old Boy Who Hacked Apple’s Private Systems Gets No Jail Time
The Russian man who was accused of operating the infamous Kelihos botnet has finally pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court.
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. federal court in Connecticut to c… Continue reading Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Operating Kelihos Botnet
British police have arrested a 19-year-old teen who is an alleged member of Apophis Squad cybercriminal group responsible for making hoax bomb threats to thousands of schools and airlines; and DDoSing ProtonMail and Tutanota secure email services.
Geo… Continue reading 19-Year-Old Hacker Arrested Over Making Hoax School and Flight Bomb Threats
George Garofano (left)
The fourth celebrity hacker—who was charged earlier this year with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonged to Jennifer Lawrence and other Hollywood celebrities—has been sentenced to eight months in prison.
Earlier… Continue reading Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities’ Naked Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison
Almost three years after the arrest of two young Dutch brothers, who pleaded guilty to their involvement in creating and distributing CoinVault ransomware malware, a district court in Rotterdam today sentenced them to 240 hours of community service.
I… Continue reading CoinVault Ransomware Authors Sentenced to 240 Hours of Community Service
A 21-year-old New Jersey woman has been charged with hacking into the email accounts of pop star and actress Selena Gomez, stealing her personal photos, and then leaked them to the Internet.
Susan Atrach of Ridgefield Park was charged Thursday with 11… Continue reading 21-Year-Old Woman Charged With Hacking Selena Gomez’s Email Account
As it was speculated that the author of LuminosityLink RAT was arrested last year, a plea agreement made available to the public today confirmed the news.
Back in September last year, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and National Crime Agenc… Continue reading 21-Year-Old Creator of LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Pleads Guilty