Hacker News with Generative AI: Cybercrime

The Teenager Who Lived a Secret Double Life as a Millionaire Crypto Bandit (vice.com)
In May 2018, Darren Marble was attending a cryptocurrency conference in New York City when he discovered he had become a victim of a new and financially devastating form of crime.
U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions (krebsonsecurity.com)
Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon.
Interpol wants everyone to stop saying 'pig butchering' (theregister.com)
Interpol wants to put an end to the online scam known as "pig butchering" – through linguistic policing, rather than law enforcement.
Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks (krebsonsecurity.com)
A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign currency dealers, money transfer businesses, and cryptocurrency exchanges — none of which are physically located there.
Fourteen North Koreans Indicted for Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme and Extortions (justice.gov)
A federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday indicted 14 nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK or North Korea) with long-running conspiracies to violate U.S. sanctions and to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft.
Police bust pirate streaming service making €250M per month (bleepingcomputer.com)
An international law enforcement operation has dismantled a pirate streaming service that served over 22 million users worldwide and made €250 million ($263M) per month.
Interpol arrests 5,500 across 5 continents for cybercrime, seizes over $400M (interpol.int)
LYON, France – A global operation involving law enforcement from 40 countries, territories and regions has ended with the arrest of over 5,500 financial crime suspects and the seizure of more than USD 400 million in virtual assets and government-backed currencies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Avis alerts nearly 300k car renters that crooks stole their info (theregister.com)
Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn (decripto.org)
Don’t let your domain name become a sitting duck (krebsonsecurity.com)
Trolls Used Her Face to Make Fake Porn. There Was Nothing She Could Do. (nytimes.com)
Evolve Bank and Trust confirms LockBit stole 7.6M people's data (theregister.com)
Chinese around the world are targeted by elaborate fake Chinese police scams (bbc.com)
A violent gang's ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree (wired.com)
Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam (theregister.com)
Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 (channelnewsasia.com)
Crooks threaten to leak 3B personal records 'stolen from background check firm' (theregister.com)
US woman accused of stealing identities to give North Koreans jobs (bbc.com)
More than 100 arrested in Spain in $900k WhatsApp scheme (therecord.media)
Man who mass-extorted psychotherapy patients gets six years (krebsonsecurity.com)
Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme (krebsonsecurity.com)