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Police shuts down Rydox cybercrime market, arrests 3 admins
Albanian law enforcement has seized the Rydox cybercrime marketplace and arrested three administrators in collaboration with international partners. Kosovo nationals Ardit Kutleshi, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Shpend Sokoli were arrested on Thursday by Kosovo law enforcement and Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Body (SPAK). The U.S. Justice Department indicted the first two for involvement in Rydox’s operations, and they’re awaiting extradition to the…
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US arrests Scattered Spider suspect linked to telecom hacks
U.S. authorities have arrested a 19-year-old teenager linked to the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang who is now charged with breaching a U.S. financial institution and two unnamed telecommunications firms. Remington Goy Ogletree (also known online as “remi”) breached the three companies’ networks using credentials stolen in text and voice phishing messages targeting their employees. He also impersonated the victims’…
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Police shuts down Manson cybercrime market, arrests key suspects
German law enforcement has seized over 50 servers that hosted the Manson Market cybercrime marketplace and fake online shops used in phishing operations. Two main suspects (currently in pretrial detention) believed to be Manson Market’s operators have been arrested in Germany and Austria under European arrest warrants on Wednesday in an operation led by the cybercrime departments of the Verden…
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Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS feature to satellite receivers
South Korean police have arrested a CEO and five employees for manufacturing over 240,000 satellite receivers pre-loaded or later updated to include DDoS attack functionality at a purchaser’s request. While neither company has been named, the two companies have been trading since 2017. In November 2018, the purchasing company made a special request to include DDoS functionality, with the South…
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Russia arrests cybercriminal Wazawaka for ties with ransomware gangs
Russian law enforcement has arrested and indicted notorious ransomware affiliate Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x, and Boriselcin) for developing malware and his involvement in several hacking groups. While the prosecutor’s office has yet to release any details on the individual’s identity (described as a “programmer” in court documents), the individual is Matveev, according to an anonymous…
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Interpol disrupts cybercrime activity on 22,000 IP addresses, arrests 41
Interpol announced it arrested 41 individuals and taken down 1,037 servers and infrastructure running on 22,000 IP addresses facilitating cybercrime in an international law enforcement action titled Operation Synergia II. The operation took place between April and August 2024, spanning 95 countries and resulting in 41 arrests of those linked to various crimes, including ransomware, phishing, and information stealers. Interpol…
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Ukraine arrests rogue VPN operator providing access to Runet
Ukraine’s cyber police have arrested a 28-year-old man who operated a massive virtual private network (VPN) service, allowing people from within the country to access the Russian internet (Runet). Runet is the portion of the internet that includes Russian sites on the “.ru” and “.su” top-level domains, including government sites, social media platforms, search engines, and various news platforms from the…
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Russia arrests US-sanctioned Cryptex founder, 95 other linked suspects
Russian law enforcement detained almost 100 suspects linked to the Cryptex cryptocurrency exchange, the UAPS anonymous payment service, and 33 other online services and platforms used to make illegal payments and sell stolen credentials. Following 148 raids, 96 individuals were arrested and charged with organizing and participating in a criminal organization, unlawful access to computer information, illegal payment processing, and…
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