Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the extradition of Liridon Masurica (33, Gjilan, Kosovo), also known as “@blackdb.” Masurica is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and five substantive counts of fraudulent use of 15 or more unauthorized access devices. If convicted on all counts, Masurica faces…
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Twilio denies breach following leak of alleged Steam 2FA codes
Bill Toulas reports: Twilio has denied in a statement for BleepingComputer that it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be holding over 89 million Steam user records with one-time access codes. The threat actor, using the alias Machine1337 (also known as EnergyWeaponsUser), advertised a trove of data allegedly pulled from Steam, offering to sell it…
Personal information exposed by Australian Human Rights Commission data breach
David Hollingworth reports: The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has revealed that more than 600 submissions and nominations to the commission’s website were accidentally exposed online between April and May 2025. The AHRC became aware of the breach on 10 April, when it discovered that attachments uploaded to its complaint web form between 24 March…
International cybercrime tackled: Amsterdam police and FBI dismantle proxy service Anyproxy
In a large-scale international investigation, the Amsterdam police, led by the Public Prosecution Service, and the American FBI have taken down the criminal proxy service Anyproxy. This service had been used by cybercriminals since 2004 to anonymously commit criminal acts, including phishing, ransomware attacks and data theft. Anyproxy has been used to shut down networks…
Moldovan Police Arrest Suspect in €4.5M Ransomware Attack on Dutch Research Agency
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: Moldovan law enforcement authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021. “He is wanted internationally for committing several cybercrimes (ransomware attacks, blackmail, and money laundering) against companies based in the Netherlands,” officials said in a statement Monday. In conjunction with the…
N.W.T.’s medical record system under the microscope after 2 reported cases of snooping
Sidney Cohen reports that both cases involved employees of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority: Medical records are among the most sensitive pieces of information that a government agency keeps on citizens. But these records are not impervious to snooping, as evidenced by two distinct cases reported this year by the Northwest Territories…