ATLANTA – Daniel Kaye has been arraigned on charges of access device fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Kaye’s charges arise from his alleged operation of The Real Deal, a Dark Web market that sold, among other things, hacking tools and stolen login credentials, and his laundering of funds he received from that market. “While living…
Category: Hack
Binance is ‘narrowing down’ identity of hacker behind $570 million crypto attack, CEO says
Ryan Browne reports: Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is getting closer to figuring out the identity of a hacker that orchestrated a $570 million hack on its BNB blockchain, CEO Changpeng Zhao told CNBC Monday. After getting some tips from law enforcement on who the hacker might be, Binance is now “narrowing down” the person or persons…
Lawsuit against Labette Health dismissed
A Kansas health center has succeeded in getting a potential class action lawsuit against it dismissed for lack of standing. DataBreaches previously reported that Labette Health had disclosed a breach that occurred in October 2021. Now Bloomberg Law reports that plaintiffs’ claims that Labette violated state consumer protection law failed to demonstrate that they had…
Massy Stores investigates cyber attack information leak
Joel Julien reports: Massy Stores is currently investigating claims that an international ransomware group has dumped over 700,000 its files, revealing the personal information of staff and customers following a hack attack earlier this year. A cybersecurity expert who verified the documents has revealed that the Hive Ransomware group has dumped 87,550 folder and 704,047…
Computer hacker of famous musicians’ digital accounts is jailed
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service issued the following press release today: A computer hacker who stole unreleased music from famous musicians and sold them on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency has today been imprisoned. Adrian Kwiatkowski (DOB: 11/10/1999) offered to sell two unreleased songs by British pop star, Ed Sheeran and 12 unreleased…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
AR: Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff computer system hit by ransomware In developing news, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces suffered a computer attack that caused them to disconnect servers from the internet as a preventive measure. Last night, military authorities confirmed the presence of “a malicious virus” in the networks…