August 1, 2024 at 05:15PM The mastermind behind a tech support fraud scheme has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding over 6,500 victims and amassing a total of $6 million. Based on the meeting notes, it seems that the leader of a tech support fraud scheme has been sentenced to seven years … Read more
May 25, 2024 at 07:33PM Chirag Tomar, an Indian national, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy for stealing over $37 million through a fake Coinbase website. Using social engineering and a fake website, Tomar and his co-conspirators tricked legitimate Coinbase customers into revealing their login credentials and two-factor authentication codes. Tomar now faces a maximum … Read more
April 30, 2024 at 01:33PM Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki was arrested in February 2023 by French police, living under a false identity near Paris. Deported to Finland, his trial concluded last month. Kivimäki received prison time for accessing numerous psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms. The incident was reported by SecurityWeek. Based on the meeting notes, … Read more
January 10, 2024 at 08:03PM French hacker Sebastien Raoult, a member of the ShinyHunters gang, was jailed in the US for creating fake login pages to steal personal and financial data from millions. The 22-year-old was motivated by greed and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and identity theft. He received a three-year … Read more
November 17, 2023 at 11:15AM Wisconsin teenager Joseph Garrison has pleaded guilty to his involvement in hacking a fantasy sports and betting website. Garrison launched a credential stuffing attack, gaining access to approximately 60,000 user accounts. Together with others, he stole around $600,000 from 1,600 victim accounts. Garrison faces up to five years in prison … Read more
November 17, 2023 at 08:09AM Israeli private investigator Aviram Azari has been sentenced to 80 months in prison in the US for hacking companies and individuals, earning him nearly $5 million. Azari owned an Israeli intelligence firm, Aviram Hawk or Aviram Netz, and hired hacking groups to access online accounts and steal information. Targets included … Read more
November 16, 2023 at 09:51AM Thomas Kennedy McCormick, aka ‘Fubar’, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his involvement in running the cybercrime forum Darkode. He was one of the last administrators before the forum was shut down in 2015, resulting in 70 arrests. McCormick was involved in malware distribution, website hacking, and … Read more
November 3, 2023 at 04:13PM A Dutch cybersecurity professional, Pepijn Van der Stap, has been sentenced to four years in prison for hacking and blackmailing multiple companies both in the Netherlands and worldwide. He hacked into victims’ computers, engaged in extortion, and laundered at least 2.5 million euros in cryptocurrency. Van der Stap, along with … Read more
October 24, 2023 at 12:52PM A former NSA tech has pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act by providing classified information to individuals he believed were Russian spies. Jareh Sebastian Dalke faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, but the government has agreed to seek a sentence of no more than 22 years if … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 10:09AM A former US Navy IT manager, Marquis Hooper, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for selling personal records on the dark web. Hooper accessed a database and sold the details of over 9,000 people, generating about $160,000 worth of Bitcoin. The data was used by criminals, including for … Read more