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An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing.
A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. This post examines what we know about a breach that has exposed hundreds of millions of consumer records. We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida.
A Ukrainian national was extradited to the United States from the Netherlands after being indicted for crimes related to fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, Mark Sokolovsky conspired to operate the Racc…
Prosecutors reveal alleged ties to Russian intelligence-affiliated persons to urge US judge to deny Alexander Smirnov’s releaseA former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a …
U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates.
UK agency says they have ‘hacked the hackers’ and will help LockBit victims decrypt their systemsA massive law enforcement operation has seized the “command and control” infrastructure for international ransomware group LockBit, the UK’s National Crime…
By Waqas
To date, the LockBit ransomware gang targeted over 2,000 victims and received more than $120 million in ransom payments.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NCA’s LockBit Takedown: Source Code, Arrests and Recovery T…
In the wake of yesterday’s surprise law enforcement takeover of LockBit’s leak site, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and Europol have shared more information about the extent of the takedown. “Today, after infiltrating the group’s …
By Waqas
All known dark web domains operated by the notorious LockBit Ransomware Gang are displaying a law enforcement seizure notice.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 8 LockBit Ransomware Gang Domains Seized in Global Operation
Exclusive: Jin Guanghua was arrested by the AFP in Melbourne last year and is facing extradition to the USGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Chinese national has been quietly arrested and detained in Australia fo…