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UK IT provider faces $7.7 million fine for 2022 ransomware breach
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has announced a provisional decision to impose a fine of £6.09M ($7.74 million) on Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) for its failure to protect the personal information of tens of thousands when it was hit by ransomware in 2022.
- August 07, 2024
- 01:14 PM
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Cryptonator seized for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto
U.S. and German law enforcement seized the domain of the crypto wallet platform Cryptonator, used by ransomware gangs, darknet marketplaces, and other illicit services, and indicted its operator.
- August 02, 2024
- 01:27 PM
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CrowdStrike sued by investors over massive global IT outage
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has been sued by investors who say it provided false claims about its Falcon platform after a bad security update led to a massive global IT outage causing the stock price to tumble almost 38%.
- August 02, 2024
- 10:32 AM
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Tech support scam ring leader gets 7 years in prison, $6M fine
The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million.
- August 01, 2024
- 04:13 PM
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Former Avaya employee gets 4 years for $88M license piracy scheme
Three individuals who orchestrated a massive-scale pirate operation involving the sale of Avaya business telephone system software licenses worth over $88,000,000 have received imprisonment sentences.
- July 29, 2024
- 02:00 PM
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Verizon to pay $16 million in TracFone data breach settlement
Verizon Communications has agreed to a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents its wholly-owned subsidiary, TracFone Wireless, suffered after its acquisition in 2021.
- July 23, 2024
- 12:34 PM
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US sanctions Russian hacktivists who breached water facilities
The US government has imposed sanctions on two Russian cybercriminals for cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure.
- July 22, 2024
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Spain arrests three for using DDoSia hacktivist platform
The Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals for using DDoSia, a distributed denial of service platform operated by pro-Russian hacktivists, to conduct DDoS attacks against governments and organizations in NATO countries.
- July 22, 2024
- 09:18 AM
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Infostealer malware logs used to identify child abuse website members
Thousands of pedophiles who download and share child sexual abuse material (CSAM) were identified through information-stealing malware logs leaked on the dark web, highlighting a new dimension of using stolen credentials in law enforcement investigations.
- July 03, 2024
- 11:52 AM
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U.S. indicts Russian GRU hacker, offers $10 million reward
The U.S. indicted Russian national Amin Timovich Stigal for his alleged role in cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian government computer networks in an operation from the Russian foreign military intelligence agency (GRU) prior to invading the country.
- June 27, 2024
- 03:31 PM
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Four FIN9 hackers indicted for cyberattacks causing $71M in losses
Four Vietnamese nationals linked to the international cybercrime group FIN9 have been indicted for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies in the U.S.
- June 24, 2024
- 01:35 PM
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Five men convicted for operating illegal streaming site Jetflicks
A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men for their involvement in the operation of Jetflicks, one of the largest and most popular illegal streaming services in the United States.
- June 21, 2024
- 11:20 AM
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FTC files complaint against Adobe for deceptive cancellation practices
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in US federal court against Adobe and two executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for deceptive practices related to their subscription plans.
- June 18, 2024
- 11:17 AM
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Two men guilty of breaching law enforcement portal in blackmail scheme
Two men have pleaded guilty to hacking into a federal law enforcement database to steal personal information of those they were extorting.
- June 18, 2024
- 10:48 AM
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Empire Market owners charged for enabling $430M in dark web transactions
Two men have been charged in a Chicago federal court for operating "Empire Market," a dark web marketplace that facilitated over $430 million in illegal transactions between February 2018 and August 2020.
- June 17, 2024
- 02:47 PM
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Alleged Scattered Spider sim-swapper arrested in Spain
A 22-year-old British national allegedly linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group and responsible for attacks on 45 U.S. companies has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
- June 17, 2024
- 10:16 AM
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Former IT employee gets 2.5 years for wiping 180 virtual servers
A former quality assurance employee of National Computer Systems (NCS) was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for reportedly deleting 180 virtual servers after being fired.
- June 14, 2024
- 11:51 AM
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Data firm execs convicted for helping fraudsters target the elderly
A former senior executive and former sales manager of Epsilon Data Management LLC (Epsilon) were convicted of selling data of millions of Americans to perpetrators of mail fraud schemes.
- June 03, 2024
- 06:37 PM
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Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network that made $5.7 million
Spanish police have dismantled a network of illegal media content distribution that, since the start of its operations in 2015, has made over $5,700,000.
- June 02, 2024
- 10:16 AM
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Europol identifies 8 cybercriminals tied to malware loader botnets
Europol and German law enforcement have revealed the identities of eight cybercriminals linked to the various malware droppers and loaders disrupted as part of the Operation Endgame law enforcement operation.
- May 31, 2024
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