Ransomware group threatens Federal Reserve—claims it hacked America’s ‘banking secrets’
The cybercrime group claims it grabbed ’33 terabytes’ of data from the Fed.
On Jun 24, 2024 by Mikael Thalen
Ransomware gang publishes sensitive patient photos stolen from high-end Beverly Hills plastic surgery clinic
The Beverly Hills clinic is just one of several to have been targeted in recent months.
On Oct 23, 2023 by Mikael Thalen
Middle school math teacher impersonated high schooler on Snapchat to solicit nudes from his sixth grader students
He went by the usernames ‘matteckler’ and ‘mikeywikey37.’
On Aug 17, 2023 by Marlon Ettinger
Cybercriminals are reportedly using deepfakes to apply for remote work jobs
Some of the jobs would provide criminals access to customer and financial data.
On Jun 28, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Senate report finds FBI response to ransomware attacks severely lacking
The FBI once sent a ransomware victim a hostage negotiator.
On Mar 24, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives
‘This is EXACTLY what happened to me!’
On Mar 22, 2022 by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver
Landmark ruling from Supreme Court limits the scope of cybercrime law
The controversial law had long been criticized for being overly-broad.
On Jun 3, 2021 by Mikael Thalen
70,000 Tinder photos of women are being circulated in cybercrime forum
It remains unclear what the photos will be used for.
On Jan 16, 2020 by Mikael Thalen
Dark Web marketplaces are selling children’s Social Security numbers, addresses
They also have their own twisted set of ethics—like, no reselling.
On Dec 23, 2018 by Samira Sadeque
Cyberattack gives the Red Hen’s website Viagra spam
The restaurant refused to serve Sarah Sanders.
On Jun 29, 2018 by Christina Bonnington
U.S. charges 2 Russian spies in hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts
Russia already arrested one of the people charged for allegedly working for the CIA.
On Mar 15, 2017 by Andrew Couts
USPS police force expands cybercrime unit to fight dark net drug dealers
The department has already helped in major FBI investigations.
On Jan 19, 2017 by David Gilmour
2 sisters arrested for alleged extortion of a Nigerian millionaire oil magnate
The sisters are said to have done the same to 274 people.
On Dec 27, 2016 by Andrew Couts
New online extortion scheme forces your friends to pay your ransom
Pay up—or have your friends do it.
On Dec 13, 2016 by David Gilmour
Global law enforcement arrest 34 suspected of DDoS attacks
Most of the suspects are under the age of 20.
On Dec 13, 2016 by Dell Cameron
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