US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks
The US and UK governments have both accused Russia of launching a cyber attack against the Georgian government last year. Continue reading US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks
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Council returns to using pen and paper after cyberattack
Ten days after a suspected ransomware attack, residents of the English borough of Redcar and Cleveland must be starting to wonder when their Council’s IT systems will return. Continue reading Council returns to using pen and paper after cyberattack
Teenage hackers are offered a second chance under European experiment
European authorities are testing out the idea that not every cybercrime investigation has to end with a hacker in handcuffs. Police in the U.K. and the Netherlands have created a legal intervention campaign for first-time offenders accused of committing cybercrimes, officials explained Tuesday at the International Conference on Cybersecurity at Fordham University. The effort, called “Hack_Right,” is aimed at first-time offenders between 12 and 23 years old who may be skirting the law from behind their keyboard and not even realize it. The experiment, which began last year, already has involved interactions with more than 400 young people in the U.K., the officials said. “We do this … to get out and find them and get them into computing clubs before we have to investigate someone and lock them up,” said Gregory Francis, acting national prevent lead at the National Cyber Crime Unit of the National Crime Agency. “[Cybercrime] is not a law […]
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Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so
UK police are planning to issue online warnings to young gamers hoping to deter them from a life of cybercrime, they revealed last week. Continue reading Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so
Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so
UK police are planning to issue online warnings to young gamers hoping to deter them from a life of cybercrime, they revealed last week. Continue reading Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so
Hacker Lauri Love denied bid to get computers back
Hacker Lauri Love has failed to get his computers back six years after UK’s National Crime Agency took them as part of a criminal investigation. Continue reading Hacker Lauri Love denied bid to get computers back
It’s mop-up time for WebStresser DDoS-for-hire users
Cops from 14 countries are seeking to inflict a bit of distributed denial-of-freedom to whoever’s behind 6 million around-the-globe attacks. Continue reading It’s mop-up time for WebStresser DDoS-for-hire users
Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS
Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few who do get busted for such crimes. On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-y… Continue reading Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS
Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was “Feds Can’t Touch Us” pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools.
On Aug. 31, officers with the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested Hertfordshire resident George Duke-Cohan, who admitted making bomb threats to thousands of schools and a United Airlines flight traveling from the U.K. to San Francisco last month. Continue reading Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was “Feds Can’t Touch Us” pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools.
On Aug. 31, officers with the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (N… Continue reading Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats