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Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data

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Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data 2024-05-13 at 19:01 By Eduard Kovacs Europol is investigating a data breach, but says no core systems are impacted and no operational data has been compromised. The post Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national 2024-05-07 at 18:33 By Zeljka Zorz Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev is “LockBitSupp”, the creator, developer and administator of the infamous LockBit ransomware group, according to UK, US and Australia law enforcement agencies. The US Justice Deparment has unsealed charges against Khoroshev and the US Department of the Treasury’s

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Bitcoin ransomware Akira drains $42M from more than 250 companies: FBI

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Bitcoin ransomware Akira drains $42M from more than 250 companies: FBI 2024-04-19 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found that Akira ransomware has been targeting businesses and critical infrastructure entities in North America, Europe and Australia since March 2023. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform

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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform 2024-04-18 at 12:01 By Help Net Security Law enforcement from 19 countries severely disrupted one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platform, known as LabHost. This year-long operation, coordinated at the international level by Europol, resulted in the compromise of LabHost’s infrastructure. International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Between Sunday

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LockBit takedown: Infrastructure disrupted, criminals arrested, decryption keys recovered

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LockBit takedown: Infrastructure disrupted, criminals arrested, decryption keys recovered 2024-02-20 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz 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 network, the NCA has

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3,500 Arrested, $300 Million Seized in International Crackdown on Online Fraud

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3,500 Arrested, $300 Million Seized in International Crackdown on Online Fraud 20/12/2023 at 15:06 By Ionut Arghire Authorities in 34 countries have cooperated to dismantle cyber-enabled scams as part of a six-month operation. The post 3,500 Arrested, $300 Million Seized in International Crackdown on Online Fraud appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Law enforcement seizes ALPHV/Blackcat sites, offers decryptor to victims

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Law enforcement seizes ALPHV/Blackcat sites, offers decryptor to victims 19/12/2023 at 19:04 By Zeljka Zorz The US Justice Department announced today a disruption campaign against the Blackcat/ALPHV ransomware group and let victims know that there is a decryptor they can use. FBI develops ALPHV/Blackcat decryptor Over the past 18 months, ALPHV/Blackcat has emerged as the

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Ukrainian ransomware gang behind high-profile attacks dismantled

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Ukrainian ransomware gang behind high-profile attacks dismantled 28/11/2023 at 13:46 By Help Net Security Law enforcement and judicial authorities from seven countries have joined forces with Europol and Eurojust to dismantle and apprehend in Ukraine key figures behind significant ransomware operations. On 21 November, 30 properties were searched in the regions of Kyiv, Cherkasy, Rivne

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Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site

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Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site 20/10/2023 at 18:31 By Ionut Arghire The RagnarLocker ransomware group’s dark web leak site has been seized in a coordinated law enforcement operation. The post Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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EncroChat dismantling lead to 6500 arrests, EUR 900 million seized

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EncroChat dismantling lead to 6500 arrests, EUR 900 million seized 27/06/2023 at 14:37 By Help Net Security Worldwide, 6558 arrests follow the dismantling of EncroChat, a tool favored by organized crime groups (OCGs). 197 of those arrested were high-value targets. This result is detailed in the first review of EncroChat, presented today by the French

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