Christian Akhatsegbe has been arraigned on federal charges of wire and computer fraud conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft related to a multi-million-dollar cyber-fraud scheme allegedly perpetrated through email phishing, credential harvesting, and invoice fraud. Emmanuel Aiye Akhatsegbe, who is believed to be residing in Nigeria, was also charged in the scheme. “The…
Retro collectors are uncovering hoards of old data
Matthew Hughes reports: In May, Sean Malseed hauled the latest addition to his computer collection into his Philadelphia home. The bespectacled software developer and YouTuber had acquired a sought-after specimen: the PowerComputing PowerWave 604/150, a Macintosh clone sold over just five months between 1995 and 1996. “I turned it on and the first thing I…
Minnesota Man Charged With Computer Intrusion And Illegally Streaming Content From Four Major Professional Sports Leagues
Defendant Also Attempted to Extort Approximately $150,000 From Major League Baseball Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that JOSHUA STREIT, a/k/a “Josh Brody,” was charged with conducting intrusions…
Russian National Extradited to United States to Face Charges for Alleged Role in Cybercriminal Organization
A Russian national, residing in the Yakutsk region of Russia and in Southeast Asia, had his initial appearance in federal court today after his extradition from the Republic of Korea to the Northern District of Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a transnational, cybercriminal organization. According to court documents, Vladimir Dunaev, 38,…
Update: Files that appear to be from Janesville School District appear on a Russian-language forum
Janesville School District in Wisconsin was fairly forthright this week about being hit by a ransomware attack. But while they denied receiving any ransom note, and initially claimed that no data had been accessed or destroyed, some data that appear to be from the ransomware attack were posted today on a popular Russian-language forum. A…
Seneca Family of Agencies discloses breach personal and medical data
Seneca Family of Agencies (formerly Seneca Center) describes their history as being founded in 1985 as a small Bay Area residential and day treatment program with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca has expanded to provide a broad continuum of…