An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation Passionflower’ has shut down MATRIX, an encrypted messaging platform used by cybercriminals to coordinate illegal activities while evading police. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
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South Korean police have arrested a CEO and five employees for manufacturing over 240,000 satellite receivers pre-loaded or later updated to include DDoS attack functionality at a purchaser’s request. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
An international law enforcement operation has dismantled a pirate streaming service that served over 22 million users worldwide and made €250 million ($263M) per month. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
Law enforcement agencies in Africa arrested as part of ‘Operation Serengeti’ more than a thousand individuals suspected of being involved in major cybercriminal activities that caused close to $193 million in financial losses all over the world. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A Kansas City man has been indicted for allegedly hacking into computer networks and using this access to promote his cybersecurity services. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States, stealing the personal data of more than 132,000 people, and multiple extortion attempts. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment against two suspected Snowflake hackers, who breached more than 165 organizations using the services of the Snowflake cloud storage company. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The Canadian government has ordered the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada following a multi-step review that provided information and evidence of the social media company posing a national risk. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The Canadian government has ordered the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada following a multi-step review that provided information and evidence of the social media company posing a national risk. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas