On September 8, the “scattered LAPSUS$ hunters 4.0” Telegram channel posted: FBI and French LE, great job for the third time arresting the wrong person in France once again. DOJ please stop wasting your budget by flying your agents to France every time to make the WRONG arrest, as it’s almost the end of the…
The Helsinki Times reports: Aleksanteri Kivimäki, convicted of thousands of cybercrimes linked to the Vastaamo data breach, has been released from custody by the Helsinki Court of Appeal. The decision followed two days of testimony from Kivimäki, who denied all charges. The court cited his prolonged pretrial detention as the reason for release. He has…
There’s an update on a previously reported case: Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Liridon Masurica (33, Gjilan, Kosovo), also known as “@blackdb,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Masurica faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been…
Reading this, I kept hoping that we’d find out it’s just a hoax. But alas… Kevin Collier reports: A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes. In a report…
INTERPOL-coordinated operation leads to 1,209 arrests LYON, France – In a sweeping INTERPOL-coordinated operation, authorities across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals targeting nearly 88,000 victims. The crackdown recovered USD 97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation. Operation Serengeti 2.0 (June to August…
In April, Noah Michael Urban pleaded guilty in a Florida courtroom to charges he had faced in two separate federal cases. Yesterday, he was sentenced in a Florida courtroom to ten years in prison and $13 million in restitution. In the Florida case, Urban, known online as “King Bob,” “Sosa,” “Elijah,” “Anthony Ramirez” and “Gustavo…