March 10, 2020

Ex-Inspector General indicted for stealing data on 250k govt colleagues

Crime doesn't pay, even if you have the audacity to try to sell your employer its own, free software and personal data on your own colleagues.

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November 14, 2019

Alleged mastermind behind $20m stolen-card site extradited to US

Aleksei Burkov allegedly ran Cardplanet, advertised as the only shop with a guarantee: your stolen card will work, or you get a new one!

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October 08, 2019

GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters

Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted.

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September 02, 2019

Capital One cryptojacking suspect indicted

The former software engineer allegedly created scanners to look for misconfigured servers rented from a cloud computing company.

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May 17, 2019

Hacking gang stole millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swaps

Six alleged members of "The Community" were indicted, along with three phone service employees who allegedly helped target subscribers.

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February 11, 2019

Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring

They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.

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January 17, 2019

Two charged with hacking company filings out of SEC’s EDGAR system

They're charged with phishing and inflicting malware to get into the EDGAR filing system, stealing thousands of filings, and selling access.

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September 13, 2018

Street gang members indicted for stealing POS terminals

...and using the credit card terminals to allegedly issue themselves fraudulent returns and to steal taxpayer IDs and bank info.

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July 17, 2018

Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking

The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking.

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