Connor Fitzpatrick, BreachForums Operator, Sentenced Again
Connor Fitzpatrick, AKA Pompompurin, is going back to prison. The 22-year-old from Peekskill, New York, has been resentenced to another three years. He was the [more…]
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Crypto Hacker: Ex-Security Engineer Jailed for $12M Heists
A former senior security engineer has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing over $12 million worth [more…]
Insights from the FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Report
Ransomware attacks are becoming more frequent, more sophisticated and more costly, according to the FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Report. The recent FBI report shows some [more…]
FBI’s Most Wanted: Iranian Hacker Charged in Massive Cyberattack Campaign
Alireza Shafie Nasab, an Iranian computer hacker was added to the FBI’s list of wanted cyber criminals. The iranian hacker is accused of participating in [more…]
Chinese Hacking Group APT31 Charged by US for Targeting Businesses and Politicians
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused seven Chinese nationals of participating in a long-term hacking campaign targeting American businesses, government officials, and other [more…]
Hacker Pleads Guilty to Breaching Georgia City’s Police, Clinic Computers
Robert Purbeck, who used the online aliases “Lifelock” and “Studmaster,” pleaded guilty to federal charges of computer fraud this week. He was accused of hacking [more…]
Ukraine Busts Massive Hacking Operation Targeting Over 100 Million Accounts
Ukrainian law enforcement has arrested three members of an organized Ukrainian hacking group accused of hijacking over 100 million email and Instagram accounts from users [more…]
LockBit Bites Back After FBI Takedown
Lockbit, the infamous hacking group has restored their servers to multiple new TOR domains, and issued a detailed statement to the recent shutdown of its [more…]
LockBit Infrastructure Now in Law Enforcement Hands
US and UK law enforcement agencies have seized the infrastructure of LockBit, a notorious ransomware-as-a-service operation with ties to Russian-speaking cybercriminals. This takedown, known as [more…]
LockBit Ransomware Operator Arrested in Canada
A dual Canadian-Russian national, Mikhail Vasiliev, was arrested in Bradford, Ontario, for bieng an active meber of LockBit Ransomware group. Vasiliev now faces extradition to [more…]
