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Roman Valerevich Seleznev, the son of a prominent Russian lawmaker who’s already facing a 27-year prison sentence in the United States, has been handed another 14-year prison sentence for his role in an “organized cybercrime ring” that caused $59 Milli… Continue reading After 27-Year Sentence, Russian Hacker Faces Another 14 Years in Prison
Remember the hacker who claimed to have breached FireEye late July this year?
That alleged hacker has been arrested and taken into custody Thursday by international law enforcement, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia informed the media.
Late July, the hacker, whose name has not yet been disclosed, managed to hack the personal online accounts of a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at Mandiant—a
Continue reading ‘LeakTheAnalyst’ Hacker Who Claimed to Have Hacked FireEye Arrested
United States authorities arrested suspected dark web drug kingpin late last month while he was travelling from his base in France to the United States of America for this year’s annual World Beard and Mustache Championships.
Gal Vallerius, a 38-year-old French national, was travelling to Austin, Texas, for the competition but was caught by U.S. authorities on August 31 upon landing at
Continue reading Dark-Web Drug Dealer Arrested After He Travelled US for World Beard Championships
The FBI has arrested a Chinese citizen for allegedly distributing malware used in the 2015 massive OPM breach that resulted in the theft of personal details of more than 25 Million U.S. federal employees, including 5.6 Million federal officials’ finger… Continue reading FBI Arrests Another Hacker Who Visited United States to Attend a Conference
The FBI has arrested a Chinese citizen for allegedly distributing malware used in the 2015 massive OPM breach that resulted in the theft of personal details of more than 25 Million U.S. federal employees, including 5.6 Million federal officials’ finger… Continue reading FBI Arrests Another Hacker Who Visited United States to Attend a Conference
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of distributing the infamous Petya ransomware (Petya.A, also known as NotPetya) — the same computer virus that massively hit numerous businesses, organisations and banks in Ukraine as well as different parts of Europe around 45 days ago.
However, the story is not as simple as it seems, which portrayed this man as a criminal. I
Continue reading Ukrainian Man Arrested For Distributing NotPetya Ransomware And Helping Tax Evaders
Greek police have arrested a Russian man who is believed to have been the operator of the popular BTC-e Bitcoin exchange on charges of laundering more than $4 billion in bitcoin for culprits involved in hacking attacks, tax fraud and drug trafficking.
A United States jury indicted 38-year-old Alexander Vinnik on Wednesday after his arrest in Greece on Tuesday at the request of US law
Continue reading Bitcoin Exchange Operator Arrested For $4 Billion Money Laundering Scheme
An unnamed 29-year-old man, named by authorities as “Daniel K.,” pleaded guilty in a German court on Friday to charges related to the hijacking of more than one Million Deutsche Telekom routers.
According to reports in the German press, the British ma… Continue reading British Hacker Admits Using Mirai Botnet to DDoS Deutsche Telekom
A 29-year-old Russian-born, Los Angeles resident has been sentenced to over nine years in prison for running botnets of half a million computers and stealing and trafficking tens of thousands of credit card numbers on exclusive Russian-speaking cybercr… Continue reading Russian Financial Cybercriminal Gets Over 9 Years In U.S. Prison
A teenage student has been charged with running a supplying malware that was used for launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against websites of some of the world’s leading businesses.
Jack Chappell, an 18-year-old teenager from Stockp… Continue reading UK Teenager, Aged 18, Charged With Running DDoS-For-Hire Service