Category Archives: Russian cybercrime

Alleged LinkedIn hacker to undergo psychiatric evaluation, trial pushed to February

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The U.S. trial of the Russian hacker accused of stealing data from LinkedIn and Dropbox has been postponed until the defendant undergoes a court-mandated psychiatric evaluation. Yevgeniy Nikulin is scheduled to be transferred from the San Francisco Bay area this week to a psychiatric facility, where a doctor will determine whether he is fit to stand trial, according to Nikulin’s New York-based attorney Arkady Bukh. The delay complicates a high-profile federal case that is one of several involving extradited hackers tied to well-known large data breaches. Nikulin was arrested in October 2016 on charges related to hacking into LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012, when he allegedly accessed a database containing some 117 million account passwords. The trial was originally scheduled to begin on Jan. 28, 2019. A court hearing to determine Nikulin’s competency now is scheduled for Feb. 12. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. Northern District of California in […]

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North Korea to blame for string of Latin America bank hacks, insiders say

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A string of devastating bank hacks across Latin America all carry North Korean fingerprints, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Several high profile incidents that were only recently disclosed, including breaches at Mexico’s Bancomext and Chile’s Bank of Chile, saw the attacker drop destructive malware after attempting to leverage the SWIFT payment system to siphon money through fraudulent transfer requests. North Korea was involved in both breaches, the sources said, adding that they were tied to others that haven’t yet been disclosed. Two sources reviewed inside information about the breach investigations, which are still ongoing. Confidential technical reports about the incidents are already being shared within private information sharing groups comprised of other financial institutions. Historically, the only nation state-linked hacking group that’s been known to manipulate SWIFT is believed to be associated with the North Korean regime. It’s not yet clear how hackers breached the banks, although email phishing and password […]

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