UK Police Seize $250M Worth of Crypto
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Arizona-Based Research Chemical Seller Sentenced to Probation
A federal judge sentenced an Arizona man to five years of probation for selling research chemicals online.United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab sentenced Jeremy Brooks, 31, to five...
Russia’s FSB announces sting against members of REvil cybercrime gang
Written by Joe Warminsky Jan 14, 2022 |...
Baltimore gets hit by ransomware again, the schools this time
Baltimore County Public Schools have been paralyzed by a ransomware attack. The investigation is ongoing but meanwhile schools are closed.
All Baltimore County Public Schools closed Wednesday after the...
Russian Operator of BTC-e Crypto Exchange Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
May 07, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Cybercrime
A Russian operator of a now-dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges from 2011 to 2017.
Alexander Vinnik, 44, was charged in...
Police take a piece out of a ransomware gang, but won’t say which one
One of the world's ransomware groups appears to be a couple of members short today, but nobody's saying which one.
One of the world’s ransomware groups appears to be...
German Police Seize ‘Nemesis Market’ in Major International Darknet Raid
Mar 24, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Threat Intelligence
German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled narcotics, stolen data, and various cybercrime services.
The Federal...
REvil Threatens To Release Dirty Laundry On President Trump If Ransom Is Not Paid
Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, one of the top entertainment law firms in the US, was recently the target of a ransomware attack.Revil, the group behind the attack, on...
Feds Traced Bitcoin Transactions to a Drug Dealer’s Apartment
Federal investigators identified a darkweb opioid dealer by linking Bitcoin transactions to the dealer’s home I.P. address.Daren James Reid, 35, of Fort Lauderdale, used darkweb markets to distribute oxycodone,...
