August 14, 2023

Crimeware server used by NetWalker ransomware seized and shut down

The site was running from 2014 and allegedly raked in more than $20m, which the DOJ is seeking to claw back...

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August 04, 2023

“Crocodile of Wall Street” and her husband plead guilty to giant-sized cryptocrimes

Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20.

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June 13, 2023

Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years

Gozi threesome from way back in the late 2000s and early 2010s now all charged, convicted and sentenced. The DOJ got there in the end...

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June 12, 2023

History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges

Though the mills of the Law grind slowly/Yet they grind exceeding small/Though with patience they stand waiting/With exactness grind they all...

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May 17, 2023

US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment

"Up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of this defendant."

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May 12, 2023

Whodunnit? Cybercrook gets 6 years for ransoming his own employer

Not just an active adversary, but a two-faced one, too.

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January 27, 2023

Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI

Unfortunately, you've probably already heard the cliche that "cybercrime abhors a vacuum"...

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December 19, 2022

OneCoin scammer Sebastian Greenwood pleads guilty, “Cryptoqueen” still missing

The Cryptoqueen herself is still missing, but her co-conspirator, who is said to have pocketed over $20m a month, has been convicted.

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November 08, 2022

Silk Road drugs market hacker pleads guilty, faces 20 years inside

Jurisprudence isn't like arithmetic... two negatives never make a positive!

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