Hacker News with Generative AI: Cybercrime

Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators (justice.gov)
The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen credit cards and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud, and unsealed criminal charges against three PopeyeTools administrators: Abdul Ghaffar, 25, of Pakistan; Abdul Sami, 35, of Pakistan; and Javed Mirza, 37, of Afghanistan.

Cybercrime, Law Enforcement, Justice Department, Fraud

6 points by impish9208 2 days ago | 0 comments

Interpol disrupts cybercrime activity on 22,000 IP addresses, arrests 41 (bleepingcomputer.com)
Interpol announced it arrested 41 individuals and taken down 1,037 servers and infrastructure running on 22,000 IP addresses facilitating cybercrime in an international law enforcement action titled Operation Synergia II.

Cybercrime, Law Enforcement, International Cooperation, Technology

14 points by sandwichsphinx 18 days ago | 0 comments

Casio confirms customer data stolen in a ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com)
Casio now confirms it suffered a ransomware attack earlier this month, warning that the personal and confidential data of employees, job candidates, and some customers was also stolen.

Ransomware Attacks, Data Breaches, Security, Technology, Cybercrime

12 points by jayantbhawal 43 days ago | 2 comments

Lamborghini Carjackers Lured by $243M Cyberheist (krebsonsecurity.com)
The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August were carjacked a week later — while out house-hunting in a brand new Lamborghini. Prosecutors say the couple was beaten and briefly kidnapped by six young men who traveled from Florida as part of a botched plan to hold the parents for ransom.

Cybercrime, Cryptocurrency, Crime, Connecticut

9 points by todsacerdoti 45 days ago | 2 comments

Russian authorities arrest nearly 100 in raids tied to criminal money laundering (cyberscoop.com)
Russian authorities announced Wednesday the arrests of nearly 100 people related to the UAPS payment system and Cryptex cryptocurrency exchanges in an investigation into cybercrime-related money laundering.

Cybercrime, Russia, Money Laundering, Cryptocurrency

7 points by r721 51 days ago | 0 comments

US DOJ Indicts Man for Role in Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Network Devices (justice.gov)
A Plymouth man has been indicted for engaging in an international counterfeit access device fraud scheme, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.

Cybercrime, Law Enforcement, Counterfeiting

6 points by voxadam 52 days ago | 0 comments

The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun (wired.com)
More than 200,000 people in Southeast Asia have been forced to run online scams in recent years, often being enslaved and brutalized, as part of criminal enterprises that have netted billions in stolen funds.

Cybercrime, Southeast Asia, Human Trafficking, Crime, Exploitation

13 points by sohkamyung 54 days ago | 1 comments

Twelve sentenced for violent home invasion robberies to steal cryptocurrency (justice.gov)
A Florida man was sentenced to 47 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a scheme involving a series of home invasion robberies targeting cryptocurrency.

Cybercrime, Cryptocurrency, Law Enforcement, Florida, Crime

138 points by aa_is_op 69 days ago | 94 comments

Avis alerts nearly 300k car renters that crooks stole their info (theregister.com)

Data Breaches, Security, Cybercrime, Automotive

15 points by LinuxBender 75 days ago | 2 comments

Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn (decripto.org)

Telegram, Russia, Law Enforcement, Cybercrime

733 points by toss1 90 days ago | 830 comments

Don’t let your domain name become a sitting duck (krebsonsecurity.com)

Security, Domain Names, Cybercrime

232 points by mfkp 114 days ago | 91 comments

Trolls Used Her Face to Make Fake Porn. There Was Nothing She Could Do. (nytimes.com)