Cybercrime
Former US soldier pleads guilty to hacking telecom companies
A former US Army soldier has pleaded guilty to hacking telecommunications companies' databases, stealing records, and demanding ransoms for the stolen data, the US Department of Justice said.
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Law enforcement authorities bust international Microsoft scam call center
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Microsoft intensively worked together to take down an international operating call center pretending to be Microsoft.
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Scammers fake job offers from Nvidia, Glassdoor to steal your senstive information
Ruthless scammers pretending to be from major companies, such as Nvidia and Glassdoor, are offering to hire unsuspecting job seekers – all to steal their sensitive personal information.
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Rubio deepfake a lesson that AI-powered impersonations are here to stay
After an unknown bad actor had used several AI-generated deepfakes of Marco Rubio to contact at least three foreign ministers, a US Governor, and a member of Congress, an FBI vet tells Cybernews that the problem isn’t going away anytime soon.
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France arrests and jails Russian pro baller on ransomware charges
No one’s gonna arrest a basketball player if they’re performing badly on the pitch. But Daniil Kasatkin, a Russian baller, was actually detained in France after being accused of acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang.
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Police raids lead to the arrest of 13 suspects in British taxpayer phishing scam
Romanian police have raided the homes of more than a dozen suspects on Thursday in connection with a targeted phishing scam that siphoned £47 million from British taxpayers.
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UK police arrest four in connection with M&S, Co-op, and Harrods cyberattacks
Four people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, Britain's National Crime Agency said.
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Peak season, peak risks: most US hotels expect cyberattacks this summer
The hospitality industry across North America is entering summer underprepared and increasingly outpaced by AI-driven cyber threats, a new survey of hotel security leaders has found.
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Scammers exploit tariff talk to steal consumer data and money
Cybercriminals are using fake social media ads promising “tariff relief” to trick users into giving up personal information.
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Alleged Chinese state hacker nabbed in Italy, claims identity mixup
A 33-year-old suspected Chinese hacker arrested in Italy has claimed it was a case of mistaken identity. But investigators say he’s a member of a group tracked as Silk Typhoon.
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US busts yet another North Korean cybercrime ring
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has coordinated a takedown of yet another North Korean cybercrime ring that focuses on obtaining remote IT jobs to fund the regime.
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DarkForums rushes to hide after hacker exposes user IPs
A hacker claims to have bent one of the internet’s grimiest cybercrime forums against itself – and they might be right.
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FBI busts member of online "Terrorgram" Collective for soliciting murder of US officials
A 24-year-old member of the online hate group, the Terrorgram Collective, on Wednesday was charged in connection with a plot to carry out the murders of multiple “high-value” US officials.
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Man scammed by deepfake Jennifer Aniston
A Southampton man lost hundreds to a deepfake Jennifer Aniston scam, exposing the rise of AI-driven celebrity fraud.
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Qantas cyberattack affects 6M customers
Six million people are said to have been affected by a cyberattack on the popular Australian airline, Qantas. Yet, the airline claims that the “cyber incident” hasn’t impacted its operations.
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Hacker who boldly broke into computer systems to promote his cybersecurity business pleads guilty
A hacker has pleaded guilty to cybercrimes he committed when trying to promote his own “cybersecurity business.”
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Disgruntled employee takes revenge with cyberattack
An IT worker in the UK has been handed a prison sentence for launching a cyberattack against his employer after being suspended.
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AI is aiding sextortion schemes
Criminals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to extort young people via social media and dating apps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns.
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