Crimeware server used by NetWalker ransomware seized and shut down

The site was running from 2014 and allegedly raked in more than $20m, which the DOJ is seeking to claw back...

“Crocodile of Wall Street” and her husband plead guilty to giant-sized cryptocrimes

Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20.

Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years

Gozi threesome from way back in the late 2000s and early 2010s now all charged, convicted and sentenced. The DOJ got there in the end...

History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges

Though the mills of the Law grind slowly/Yet they grind exceeding small/Though with patience they stand waiting/With exactness grind they all...

US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment

"Up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of this defendant."

Whodunnit? Cybercrook gets 6 years for ransoming his own employer

Not just an active adversary, but a two-faced one, too.

Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI

Unfortunately, you've probably already heard the cliche that "cybercrime abhors a vacuum"...

OneCoin scammer Sebastian Greenwood pleads guilty, “Cryptoqueen” still missing

The Cryptoqueen herself is still missing, but her co-conspirator, who is said to have pocketed over $20m a month, has been convicted.

Silk Road drugs market hacker pleads guilty, faces 20 years inside

Jurisprudence isn't like arithmetic... two negatives never make a positive!

Capital One identity theft hacker finally gets convicted

It took three years, but the Capital One cracker was convicted in the end. Don't get caught out in a data breach of your own!

SSNDOB Market domains seized, identity theft “brokerage” shut down

The online identity "brokerage" SSNDOB Market didn't want people to be in any doubt what it was selling.

He sold cracked passwords for a living – now he’s serving 4 years in prison

Crooks don't need a password for every user on your network to break in and wreak havoc. One could be enough...

US cryptocurrency coder gets 5 years for North Korea sanctions busting

Cryptocurrency expert didn't take "No" for an answer when the US authorities said he couldn't pursue cryptocoin opps in North Korea.

Self-styled “Crocodile of Wall Street” arrested with husband over Bitcoin megaheist

The cops say they've recovered 80% of a $72 million cryptocoin heist... but the recovered funds alone are now worth over $4 billion!

Plundered bitcoins recovered by FBI – all 3,879-and-one-sixth of them!

Phew! An audacious crime... that didn't work out.

Kaseya ransomware suspect nabbed in Poland, $6m seized from absent colleague

Suspects nabbed, millions seized, in ransomware busts across the globe.