DutchNews.nl reports: Amsterdam’s cyber crime police team has arrested three young men as part of a major investigation into hacking, data theft, blackmail and money laundering involving the private details of tens of millions of people. The three, aged 21 and 18, were picked up on January 23 and two have been restricted to contact…
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Russian Malware Developer Arrested And Extradited To The United States
From the U.S.A.O., Middle District of Florida, February 22: Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and extradition of Dariy Pankov a/k/a “dpxaker.” Pankov is charged with conspiracy, access device fraud, and computer fraud. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 47 years in federal prison….
‘Nevada Group’ hackers target thousands of computer networks
Mehul Srivastava reports: A mysterious and unidentified group of hackers has sought to paralyse the computer networks of almost 5,000 victims across the US and Europe, in one of the most widespread ransomware attacks on record. The hacking unit, initially nicknamed the Nevada Group by security researchers, began a series of attacks that started around…
Chinese security researchers claim to have identified ‘Against The West’ hackers
Alexander Martin reports: Researchers from the Chinese cybersecurity company Qi An Pangu Lab believe they have identified six members of the “Against The West” hacking group, according to a report published Sunday by state-controlled media. The report implicitly alleges without evidence that the hackers are connected to or sponsored by Western nation-states. The six display…
Digital Healthcare Platform Ordered to Pay Civil Penalties and Take Corrective Action for Unauthorized Disclosure of Personal Health Information
Following up on the FTC’s February 1 announcement about its enforcement action against GoodRx, the Department of Justice announced yesterday: The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced today that the government has resolved allegations that GoodRx Holdings Inc., doing business as GoodRx Gold, GoodRx Care, and Hey Doctor (GoodRx), violated…
Trove of L.A. Students’ Mental Health Records Posted to Dark Web After Cyber Hack
Mark Keierleber reports: Detailed and highly sensitive mental health records of hundreds — and likely thousands — of former Los Angeles students were published online after the city’s school district fell victim to a massive ransomware attack last year, an investigation by The 74 has revealed. The student psychological evaluations, published to a “dark web”…