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Police Arrested Suspected Hacker Who Hacked the ‘Hacking Team’

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Remember the Hacker who hacked Hacking Team?

In 2015, a hacker named Phineas Fisher hacked Hacking Team – the Italy-based spyware company that sells spying software to law enforcement agencies worldwide – and exposed some 500 gigabytes of internal data for anyone to download.

Now, the Spanish authorities believe that they have arrested Phineas Fisher, who was not just behind the embarrassing

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Police Arrest 5 Cyber Thieves Who Stole 3.2 Million From ATMs Using Malware

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Law enforcement authorities from Europe and Russia have arrested five members of an international cyber criminal gang for stealing $3.2 million cash from ATMs using malware.

Three of the suspects, Andrejs Peregudovs (41), of Latvia, Niklae Penkov (34)… Continue reading Police Arrest 5 Cyber Thieves Who Stole 3.2 Million From ATMs Using Malware→

Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger

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A 21-year-old former Langley High School student, who won a Programmer of the Year Award in high school, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of developing and selling custom key-logging malware that infected thousands of victims.

Zachary Shames from V… Continue reading Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger→

Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger

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A 21-year-old former Langley High School student, who won a Programmer of the Year Award in high school, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of developing and selling custom key-logging malware that infected thousands of victims.

Zachary Shames from V… Continue reading Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger→

FBI Most Wanted Fugitive JPMorgan Hacker Arrested in New York

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One of the FBI’s most wanted hackers who was behind the largest theft of financial data has finally been arrested at the JFK airport in New York.

Joshua Samuel Aaron is accused of being part of a hacking group that attacked several major financial ins… Continue reading FBI Most Wanted Fugitive JPMorgan Hacker Arrested in New York→

Europol arrests 34 Teenagers for using DDoS Attack Tools

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Europol has announced that the law enforcement agencies from 13 countries around the globe have arrested 34 users of Netspoof DDoS attack tool and interviewed and warned 101 suspects in a global crackdown.

According to the report published on the offi… Continue reading Europol arrests 34 Teenagers for using DDoS Attack Tools→

Dutch Hacker Who Almost Broke The Internet Escapes Jail

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The Dutch hacker, who in 2013 was accused of launching the biggest cyberattack to date against the anti-spam group Spamhaus, escaped prison Monday even after he was sentenced to nearly 8 months in jail because most of his term was suspended.

Sven Olaf… Continue reading Dutch Hacker Who Almost Broke The Internet Escapes Jail→

19-Year-Old Teenage Hacker Behind DDoS-for-Hire Service Pleads Guilty

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Due to the worldwide promotion of Mirai botnet that knocked down half of the Internet last Friday, hackers and even script kiddies have started creating their own botnet networks by hacking millions of IoT devices and selling them as DDoS-for-hire serv… Continue reading 19-Year-Old Teenage Hacker Behind DDoS-for-Hire Service Pleads Guilty→

‘Celebgate’ Hacker Gets 18 Months in Prison for Hacking Celebrity Nude Photos

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The hacker who stole nude photographs of female celebrities two years ago in a massive data breach — famous as “The Fappening” or “Celebgate” scandal — has finally been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, authorities said on Thursday.

36-year-old Lancaster, Pennsylvania man Ryan Collins was arrested in March and charged with hacking into “at least 50 iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail

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Breaking — Russian Hacker Responsible for LinkedIn Data Breach Arrested by FBI

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The alleged Russian hacker arrested by the FBI in collaboration with the Czech police is none other than the hacker who was allegedly responsible for massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, which affected nearly 117 Million user accounts.

Yevgeniy N, 29… Continue reading Breaking — Russian Hacker Responsible for LinkedIn Data Breach Arrested by FBI→