Justice Department Unseals Charges Against Two Additional International Cybercriminals WASHINGTON – A Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national charged in both the District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Virginia with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes made his initial appearance in Newark, New Jersey, today after being extradited from Poland. As alleged in…
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International Investigation Leads to Shutdown of RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR Ransomware Group (1)
The following takedown and operation relate, in small part, to a leak DataBreaches reported to the FBI and a hosting company. DataBreaches did not name the victim entities or RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR in that blog post to prevent others from finding or misusing the victims’ data. The dispossessor.com website now displays a seizure notice, where the word…
Trump campaign reckons with alleged Iranian hack
Shelby Talcott and Ben Smith report: Donald Trump’s campaign says it has been hacked, with some internal communications stolen and leaked to Politico over the last month. The Trump campaign blamed Iran for the hack, and referred to a Microsoft report published Friday that hackers tied to the Iranian government had tried to break into the account…
Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms
Zack Whittaker reports: A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves. Two companies received the decryption keys to unscramble their data without having to pay the cybercriminals a ransom,…
UK: Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider Advanced following 2022 ransomware attack
The following statement by the Information Commissioner’s Office concerns a devastating 2022 ransomware attack by LockBit3.0 on Advanced Computer Software Group (“Advanced”), an IT vendor for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Here is the ICO’s statement about Advanced: We have provisionally decided to fine Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) £6.09m, following an initial…
Police recover over USD 40 million from international email scam
Singapore authorities make record recovery thanks to cooperation with Timor Leste through INTERPOL LYON, France: A global stop-payment mechanism developed by INTERPOL has helped Singapore authorities make their largest ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise scam. On 23 July 2024, a commodity firm based in Singapore filed a police report stating…