October 3, 2024 at 12:36PM Two Chinese nationals, Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue, along with co-conspirators Wen Jin Gao and Dian Luo, were sentenced to prison for scamming Apple out of over $2.5 million by exchanging more than 6,000 counterfeit iPhones for authentic ones. They exploited Apple’s replacement policy, used fake identification cards and driver’s … Read more
July 29, 2024 at 02:05PM Three individuals involved in a large-scale software pirating operation, selling unauthorized Avaya business telephone system software licenses worth over $88,000,000, were sentenced to prison. The individuals, Raymond Bradley “Brad” Pearce, Dusti O. Pearce, and Jason M. Hines, pleaded guilty and were ordered to forfeit between $2 to $4 million as … Read more
June 18, 2024 at 09:08PM Singapore police made two significant arrests related to cybercrimes, involving the operation of servers facilitating malicious Android app downloads that targeted nearly 2,000 victims. Collaborating with cybersecurity officials from Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, the police tracked down the syndicate behind the attacks and dismantled their infrastructure. The arrests resulted … Read more
June 18, 2024 at 09:00PM Singapore police made significant arrests of two men accused of running servers for cybercrimes against Singaporeans. About 2,000 victims downloaded malicious Android apps, leading to the theft of valuable data. After deep analysis, authorities in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia dismantled the entire criminal organization, leading to further arrests and … Read more
February 13, 2024 at 09:57AM Two US cab drivers, Daniel Abayev and Peter Leyman, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a hacking scheme targeting the taxi dispatch system at JFK Airport. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a computer intrusion and worked with two Russian nationals. The Russian hackers remain at … Read more