If you would meet us on the street – you would never realize that we are cyberpests, because we are the same normal people like everyone else. Many have families and children, the only thing that these circumstances in which we found themselves in our country are. We have no hatred and desire to cause…
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SalusCare sues Amazon to compel production of information about storage bucket used by cyberattacker
NBC2 in Florida reports that SalusCare, a substance abuse and mental health services provider, has disclosed an attack impacting both patient and employee data. According to the news station, SalusCare is not yet certain as to how the attackers gained access, and there is no notice on the entity’s web site as of the time…
Emotet botnet goes offline as cops seize servers
Alex Scroxton reports: The Emotet botnet, one of the most widespread and dangerous cyber threats in operation today, has been forced offline in an international law enforcement operation by police on both sides of the Atlantic. The botnet’s infrastructure was taken down from the inside after being seized earlier this week in the Europol-coordinated operation….
Police open case into leak of 500 soldiers’ personal data
Unian reports: Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s Office says law enforcers have initiated criminal proceedings over the publication on the Internet of personal data of 500 soldiers who had taken part in the Joint Forces Operation in the Donbas warzone. “As a result of the response on the part of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, publication…
Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace
From the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday: On Oct. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned an indictment charging six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Russian Federation (Russia) and officers in Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence agency of the General Staff…
Russian National Pleads Guilty for Role in Transnational Cybercrime Organization Responsible for more than $568 Million in Losses
One of the leaders of the Infraud Organization pleaded guilty today to RICO conspiracy. Infraud was an Internet-based cybercriminal enterprise engaged in the large-scale acquisition, sale, and dissemination of stolen identities, compromised debit and credit cards, personally identifiable information, financial and banking information, computer malware, and other contraband. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of…