Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com
A coalition of international law enforcement agencies led by the U.S. Department of Justice have seized RaidForums, a nexus for a wealth of stolen data and hacks, and arrested the site’s administrator, the DOJ announced on Tuesday.
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Read: 6/4/2022 www.vice.com
On Tuesday, Germany’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) announced the operation in a press release where they called Hydra “the world’s largest illegal darknet marketplace,” according to a Google translation of the announcement.
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Read: 3/4/2022 www.vice.com
The message, according to the press release, said: “The outcome of events is predetermined! Be prudent and refuse to support nationalism and leaders of the country who discredited themselves and already fled the capital!!!”
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Read: 13/3/2022 www.theregister.com
It was a Ukrainian security specialist who apparently turned the tables on the notorious Russia-based Conti, and leaked the ransomware gang's source code, chat logs, and tons of other sensitive data about the gang's operations, tools, and costs.
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Read: 13/3/2022 www.theregister.com
US prosecutors on Thursday said they have extradited a Canadian man to America to face charges that he conspired to distribute ransomware. Sébastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, of Gatineau, Quebec, was detained by Canadian authorities on January 27, 2021.
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Read: 8/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
If you answer your phone and Frank* is on the other end of the line, he'll keep you talking for as long as he can. And Frank has already done his homework before calling you in Australia.
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Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
The call came from PayPal’s fraud prevention system. Someone had tried to use my PayPal account to spend $58.82, according to the automated voice on the line. PayPal needed to verify my identity to block the transfer.
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Read: 25/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Four days ago, the REvil ransomware gang’s leak site, known as the “Happy Blog,” went offline. Cybersecurity experts wondered aloud what might have caused the infamous group to go dark once more. One theory was that it was an inside job pulled by the group’s disaffected former leader.
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Read: 29/9/2021 arstechnica.com
Just over four years ago, the US Department of Justice announced the takedown of AlphaBay, the biggest dark web market bust in history.
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Read: 15/8/2021 nakedsecurity.sophos.com
If you like a touch of irony in your cybersecurity news, then this has been the week for it. And if that’s not enough to bring a wry smile to your lips, then there’s more.
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