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Two British Men Arrested For Hacking Microsoft

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British police have arrested two men in the UK conspiring to hack into the computer networks of US tech giant Microsoft with plans to steal customers’ data from the software giant.

The suspects — 22-year-old from Sleaford and a 25-year-old from Bracknell — were arrested by the detectives from the Britain’s South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Thursday morning (22 June 2017).

The

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25-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Military Satellite Phone System

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A British computer hacker who allegedly hacked a United States Department of Defense satellite system in 2014 and accessed the personal information of hundreds of military personnel has pleaded guilty on Thursday.

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14-Year-Old Japanese Boy Arrested for Creating Ransomware

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Japanese authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy in Osaka, a prefecture and large port city, for allegedly creating and distributing a ransomware malware.

This is the first such arrest in Japan which involves a Ransomware-related crime.

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Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan

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The Russian Interior Ministry announced on Monday the arrest of 20 individuals from a major cybercriminal gang that had stolen nearly $900,000 from bank accounts after infecting over one million Android smartphones with a mobile Trojan called “CronBot…. Continue reading Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan→

US Court Sentences Russian Lawmaker’s Son to 27 Years in Jail for Hacking

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The son of a prominent Russian lawmaker was sentenced on Friday by a US federal court to 27 years in prison after being convicted of stealing millions of US credit card numbers and causing some $170 million in damages to businesses and individuals.

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U.S. Takes Down Kelihos Botnet After Its Russian Operator Arrested in Spain

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A Russian computer hacker arrested over the weekend in Barcelona was apparently detained for his role in a massive computer botnet, and not for last year’s US presidential election hack as reported by the Russian media.

Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 32-years-old Russian computer programmer, suspected of operating the Kelihos botnet — a global network of over 100,000 infected computers that was

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Suspected Kelihos Botnet Operator Arrested in Spain

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Update (Tuesday, April 11): The arrest of a Russian man in Spain was apparently for his role in Kelihos botnet responsible for sending hundreds of millions of spam emails worldwide.

A Russian computer hacker and alleged spam kingpin was arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday reportedly over suspicion of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last year’s United

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Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Developing and Distributing Citadel Trojan

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A Russian man accused of developing and distributing the Citadel Banking Trojan, which infected nearly 11 Million computers globally and caused over $500 Million in losses, has finally pleaded guilty to charges of computer fraud.

Mark Vartanyan, 29, w… Continue reading Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Developing and Distributing Citadel Trojan→

How Dutch Police Decrypted BlackBerry PGP Messages For Criminal Investigation

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The Dutch police have managed to decrypt a number of PGP-encrypted messages sent by criminals using their custom security-focused PGP BlackBerry phones and identified several criminals in an ongoing investigation.

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Hacker Who Knocked Million Routers Offline Using MIRAI Arrested at London Airport

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British police have arrested a suspect in connection with the massive attack on Deutsche Telekom that hit nearly 1 Million routers last November.

Late last year, someone knocked down more than 900,000 broadband routers belonging to Deutsche Telekom us… Continue reading Hacker Who Knocked Million Routers Offline Using MIRAI Arrested at London Airport→