Cybercrime
European healthcare provider AMEOS reports security breach
The AMEOS Group, an operator of a healthcare network in Central Europe, has disclosed that it has become the victim of a data protection incident.
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FBI's Operation Greyskull dismantles four dark web child abuse sites, convicts 18th offender
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the takedown of four darknet sites known for the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), as well as the conviction of an 18th offender, said to be directly involved in running the odious sites.
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XSS forum admin arrested in Kyiv, Europol claims
A person suspected of being the administrator for the Russian language cybercriminal forum XSS.is was arrested in Ukraine, with the assistance of the French police and Europol, the French Public Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday.
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Belgian man, 76, drives 760km for love — only to meet beauty queen’s real husband and lose $35k in romance scam
A Belgian man has traveled 760km to meet a woman he believed was his future wife — only to realize he had fallen victim to an online romance scam.
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Over 1,000 arrested as Cambodia “cracks down on online scams”
Cambodian authorities are cracking down on cybercrime operations, arresting more than 1,000 potential suspects.
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Watch out: Fake travel deals are on the rise, costing victims $37B
As summer travel surges, cybercriminals are capitalizing on vacation demand. They create fake travel agencies that offer luxury trips at a price that’s hard to say no to. Unless you know it’s a scam.
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Massive hackers' takedown: pro-Kremlin group NoName057(16) turned hacking the West into a game
Operation Eastwood has disrupted the pro-Russian cybercrime network NoName057(16). Law enforcement agencies raided 24 locations, arrested two individuals, issued seven additional warrants, and took down over 100 criminal servers worldwide.
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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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