Tag: cybercrime
FBI takes down a host that advertised its own impunity
Virtualine sold servers to criminals and promised to move their data if police came calling.
Interpol’s Africa sweep ends in 1,462 arrests and $105M recovered
Operation Serengeti III disrupted more than 10,000 malicious networks across 21 countries between late June and the end of August.
North Macedonia charges the alleged OLVX market operator
Prosecutors say a 20-year-old ran a marketplace selling stolen data and attack tools, pulling in more than $500,000 since 2023.
Microsoft dismantles a Chinese phishing market that sent a billion messages
A court order let Microsoft and Health-ISAC seize the infrastructure behind YAM Store, CoGUI, and Iron Man.
A leader of a 15,000-mule laundering network admits guilt in the US
Your Mule Cashout moved stolen funds abroad and stiffed the very people it recruited to withdraw the cash.
An AI-driven crew turned 51 agents loose on Ukrainian targets
A Russian-speaking broker ran two attack pipelines at once, and an open directory handed researchers the whole operation.
Ransomware fixer accused of charging clients and paying the crooks
Prosecutors say a Florida recovery firm billed $19M for decryption it never actually performed.
Empire Market founder gets 40 years for a $430M dark web bazaar
A Virginia man who co-ran the marketplace from 2018 to 2020 will spend four decades behind bars.