Philippines, South Korea, Interpol cuff 3,500 suspected cyber scammers, seize $300M

December 19, 2023 at 07:37PM The six-month Operation HAECHI IV, coordinated by Interpol and funded by South Korea, led to the arrest of 3,500 alleged cybercriminals and the seizure of $300 million in cash and digital assets. The operation targeted various cyber scams and resulted in the issuance of two Purple Notices. It saw the … Read more

Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail

November 30, 2023 at 01:33PM Vitalii Chychasov was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to forfeit $5 million for operating an online marketplace that sold the personal data of 24 million Americans. Captured in Hungary in March 2022, he was extradited to the U.S., where his SSNDOB Marketplace had been active since 2013, … Read more

Ex-Navy IT head gets 5 years for selling people’s data on darkweb

October 18, 2023 at 04:52PM Former U.S. Navy IT manager Marquis Hooper has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison for illegally obtaining and selling US citizens’ personally identifiable information (PII) on the dark web. Hooper and his wife, Natasha Renee Chalk, illegally obtained sensitive personal information from 9,000 people and sold … Read more