Cybercrime
7-Eleven confirms April cyberattack after ShinyHunters leak claims
7-Eleven confirms its internal systems were breached in April, exposing the information of an unknown number of individuals just weeks after the ShinyHunters ransomware group listed the global convenience store chain as part of its recent “pay-or-leak” campaign.
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ThorChain and Versus lose more than $20M in separate DeFi exploits
THORChain, a decentralized crypto exchange (DEX), and Verus, a so-called blockchain bridge, have become the latest costly examples of the recent wave of exploits in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry. In one case, a fix would have taken just ten lines of code.
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Europol disrupts Iranian extremist propaganda in new terrorism clampdown
Terrorist groups continue to pollute the internet with propagandistic content, with Europol identifying over 14,000 pieces of propaganda linked to Iranian extremists.
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Finance writers behind thousands of articles on major news sites likely fake
An investigation into 4 writers, said to have collectively published more than 1,000 articles on multiple top financial, business, crypto, and other websites, showed that more than 30 news media platforms are likely to have cooperated with non-existent journalists. They’re all linked to one PR company.
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Dark web kingdom operator sentenced to 16 years as leading marketplace falls
Alan Bill, a 33-year-old man from Slovakia, has been sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his involvement in an illicit marketplace operation called Kingdom Market.
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Germany busts rebooted dark marketplace Crimenetwork selling drugs, forged documents
The first shutdown of the dark web marketplace in December 2024 was a short one, as the website was back online within days. Now the German police have busted it again and arrested its administrator in Mallorca with €314,000 in bitcoin.
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Former NFL benchwarmer guilty of stealing $200M from Medicare and CHAMPVA
A former NFL player carried out a major years-long federal healthcare fraud scheme, in which he attempted to steal almost $200 million from Medicare and the veterans program CHAMPVA.
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From e-girls to botnet queens: why women’s role in cybercrime is growing
Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks, the heat has largely centered on young men. However, that balance may be shifting, driven by changes in underground forums and a worrying trend on Telegram.
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He left his USB stick in a school computer – then police found 405GB of deepfake porn
An employee responsible for IT maintenance on a school network has been arrested by police in Busan, South Korea, after harvesting more than 221,000 personal files from nearly 200 school workers, and using them to create deepfaked pornography.
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Crypto gang's “muscle” helped steal $250M, then splashed out on designer clothes, Hermès Birkins, and $500K club nights
Twenty-year-old Californian Marlon Ferro acted as a crypto gang’s muscle, breaking into houses to steal hardware.
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Ransomware negotiator jailed for 8.5 years after exploiting stolen children’s health records and making millions
A Latvian national has to serve a prison sentence for his role as a negotiator for one of the most notorious ransomware groups in the world. He accounts for $56 million in losses and 53 companies falling victims to his crime.
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Lawyer says stolen crypto belongs to North Korea, not scam or hacking victims
An unusual case has emerged in the crypto world, where a legal battle over stolen millions has begun. A lawyer claims the funds belong to victims from an unrelated case.
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Man found guilty after luring 18 men on Tinder with fake profile to rape his ex-girlfriend
A woman began receiving strange house calls from over 18 men who were looking to satisfy their kink. The Tinder profile was accurate – it was her face, her name, her information. But she never agreed to being “roughed up,” nor did saying “no” mean she wanted more.
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Hackers breach Canvas learning platform serving millions, steal student data
Instructure, the company behind Canvas, one of the world’s most used learning management systems, has been dealing with a cybersecurity incident. The developer is currently investigating the impact of the incident.
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Hackers are stealing high-value cargo shipments across North America, FBI warns
Hackers are targeting the North American cargo sector by impersonating legitimate businesses – all to steal high-value shipments they can resell for profit, according to a new FBI warning released Friday.
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International authorities bust €50M online investment fraud network
Europol, Eurojust, and law enforcement authorities from Austria and Albania have put a stop to a criminal network running a massive online investment fraud scam.
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FBI-led raid dismantles nine crypto scam centers, saves victims $562 million
The FBI and Dubai police have dismantled nine crypto scam centers and arrested 276 people in a coordinated international operation targeting sophisticated "pig butchering" schemes that have defrauded victims of millions.
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15-year-old arrested in massive French Government data leak
A minor has been arrested following a cyberattack earlier this month on France’s National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS).
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I asked 3 chatbots to write a phishing email. DeepSeek gave me a sextortion scam
Which chatbot is most willing to help you commit fraudulent crime? I put 3 to the test, and got everything from a polite refusal to a fully written sextortion threat.
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Roblox account hackers make $225K profit, but end up in handcuffs
Ukraine’s Cyber Police have busted a hacker ring that targeted high-value Roblox accounts and later resold them on Russian underground forums.
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