Italian man arrested for stealing unpublished book manuscripts January 6, 2022 DoJ: Italian Citizen Arrested In Online Impersonation Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Prepublication Manuscripts Of Novels And Other Books
Ukranian police arrests ransomware gang that hit over 50 firms https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...rests-ransomware-gang-that-hit-over-50-firms/
Nigerian hacker pleads guilty to stealing payroll deposits https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...r-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-payroll-deposits/
"DOJ unseals charges against Russians in attempted hacks of infrastructure The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed two indictments charging four Russian nationals with crimes related to attempted hacks of critical infrastructure both abroad and within the United States, including use of the malware known as Trisis or Triton... The indictments accuse the four suspects of 'attempting, supporting and conducting computer intrusions that together, in two separate conspiracies that targeted the global energy sector between 2012 and 2018,' the DOJ said in its announcement. All four worked for the Russian government, the DOJ said.... 'In total these hacking campaigns targeted thousands of computers, at hundreds of companies and organizations, in approximately 135 countries.'..." https://www.cyberscoop.com/triton-use-doj-indictments-critical-infrastructure-russia/ DOJ press release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four...storical-hacking-campaigns-targeting-critical
Federal Trade Commission Returns More Than $23 Million To Consumers Deceived by Online Business Coaching Scheme MOBE
United States Forfeits Millions in Cryptocurrency Used to Launder Illicit Dark Web Proceeds Monday, April 4, 2022
"U.S. charges Venezuelan doctor with selling ransomware used by Iranian group NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan cardiologist who taught himself computer programming sold software that was used by an Iranian hacking group to attack Israeli companies, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday in bringing criminal charges against him..." https://www.reuters.com/legal/gover...re-used-by-iranian-group-2022-05-16/?rpc=401&
"DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against hundreds of thousands of Internet users and websites..." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/06/downthem-ddos-for-hire-boss-gets-2-years-in-prison/
Monday, July 25, 2022 CEO of Titanium Blockchain Pleads Guilty in $21 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
"Crypto CEO behind $2.5B 'rug pull' arrested, faces 40,564 years in prison ['rug pull': wherein a seemingly legitimate business is set up, operates as normal for a while, then suddenly all the money is gone. It's large-scale fraud.] Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder and CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange Thodex, has been arrested in the Albanian city of Vlorë. Özer fled following the collapse of Thodex in April 2021: he initially claimed a halt in trading was due to cyberattacks, and that investors' money was safe, before disappearing..." The Turkish daily Harriyet reports that state prosecutors are out to set an example: "A prison sentence of 40,564 years is sought..." https://www.pcgamer.com/crypto-ceo-behind-dollar25b-rug-pull-arrested-faces-40564-years-in-prison/
"Three Iranian Nationals Charged with Engaging in Computer Intrusions and Ransomware-Style Extortion Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure Providers... [The three]...engaged in a scheme to gain unauthorized access to the computer systems of hundreds of victims in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Iran, and elsewhere, causing damage and losses to the victims." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thre...ter-intrusions-and-ransomware-style-extortion
Hacker who stole unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert jailed for 18 months https://news.sky.com/story/hacker-w...nd-lil-uzi-vert-jailed-for-18-months-12726423
British Hacker Charged for Operating "The Real Deal" Dark Web Marketplace He seems to have been an extremely busy person world wide. https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/british-hacker-charged-for-operating.html I see in the article that Marcus Hutchins made some comments about him. https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/1585316931736784896
Monday, November 7, 2022 U.S. Attorney Announces Historic $3.36 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud
Monday, November 7, 2022 Nigerian Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Launder Tens of Millions of Dollars from Online Scams
Top Zeus Botnet Suspect “Tank” Arrested in Geneva https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/11/top-zeus-botnet-suspect-tank-arrested-in-geneva/
