BreachForums, a popular hacking-related forum that is on both the clear net and dark web, offers posts about how to “dox” individuals using open source intelligence (OSINT). Ironically, perhaps, some former or current BreachForums users are discovering this week that they have been doxed, and their doxes have been or will be released publicly. A…
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Indictment Charges Two in $230 Million Cryptocurrency Scam
lamserrano_indictment_24cr417.pdf WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today charging Malone Lam, 20, of Miami, FL and Los Angeles, CA, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, of Los Angeles, CA, with conspiracy to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency from a victim in Washington, D.C. Lam, a citizen of Singapore…
Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement
September 18, 2024 – Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement: Since the 19 August 2024 joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA public statement on Iranian Election Influence Efforts, the FBI has learned additional details about Iran’s…
FBI boss says China ‘burned down’ 260,000-device botnet when confronted by Feds
Iain Thomson reports: China-backed spies are said to have tore down their own 260,000-device botnet after the FBI and its international pals went after them. The botnet was controlled by the somewhat misnamed Integrity Technology Group, a Chinese business whose chairman has admitted that for years his company has “collected intelligence and performed reconnaissance for…
The US is Preparing Criminal Charges in Iran Hack Targeting Trump, AP Sources Say
Associated Press reports: The Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in connection with an Iranian hack that targeted Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in a bid to shape the outcome of the November election, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday. It was not immediately clear when the charges might be announced or whom precisely…
Wow: Boar’s Head provides a master class in incident response and transparency
How often have you seen DataBreaches heap praise on an entity for its incident response or transparency? Not too often, right? But DataBreaches is super-impressed by how Boar’s Head has responded to a food safety incident. No, this wasn’t any data security breach or privacy data breach, but it was an incident that had harmed…