Crimeware server used by NetWalker ransomware seized and shut down

By: Paul Ducklin — August 14^th 2023 at 14:06

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

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

By: Paul Ducklin — August 4^th 2023 at 16:52

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

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

By: Paul Ducklin — June 13^th 2023 at 16:43

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...

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History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges

By: Naked Security writer — June 12^th 2023 at 16:58

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

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

By: Naked Security writer — May 17^th 2023 at 16:40

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

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Whodunnit? Cybercrook gets 6 years for ransoming his own employer

By: Naked Security writer — May 12^th 2023 at 16:15

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

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Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI

By: Naked Security writer — January 27^th 2023 at 17:58

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

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

By: Paul Ducklin — December 19^th 2022 at 17:50

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

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

By: Paul Ducklin — November 8^th 2022 at 17:58

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

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Capital One identity theft hacker finally gets convicted

By: Paul Ducklin — June 21^st 2022 at 15:24

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!

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

By: Paul Ducklin — June 8^th 2022 at 14:53

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

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

By: Paul Ducklin — May 13^th 2022 at 15:31

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

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US cryptocurrency coder gets 5 years for North Korea sanctions busting

By: Naked Security writer — April 13^th 2022 at 15:52

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

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

By: Naked Security writer — February 9^th 2022 at 14:44

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

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

By: Paul Ducklin — December 22^nd 2021 at 17:57

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

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

By: Naked Security writer — November 8^th 2021 at 22:37

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