Hacker News with Generative AI: Organized Crime

Crimelords at Hunters International tell lackeys ransomware too 'risky' (theregister.com)
Big-game ransomware crew Hunters International says its criminal undertaking has become "unpromising, low-converting, and extremely risky," and it is mulling shifting tactics amid an apparent rebrand.

Cybersecurity, Ransomware, Organized Crime

5 points by rntn 1 day ago | 1 comments

Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty to Nuclear Materials Trafficking and Weapons Charges (justice.gov)
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, today to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries, as well as to international narcotics trafficking and weapons charges.

Nuclear Weapons, International Crime, Japan, Organized Crime, International Relations

8 points by impish9208 85 days ago | 0 comments

Mafias co-opted by CCP run money laundering networks through TD Bank in Toronto (thebureau.news)

Organized Crime, Money Laundering, China, Canada, Finance

17 points by cwwc 217 days ago | 2 comments

Omertà (wikipedia.org)

Omertà, History, Italy, Organized Crime, Culture

5 points by Bluestein 219 days ago | 0 comments

The Camorra Never Sleeps (2012) (vanityfair.com)

Organized Crime, Italy, Crime

47 points by howsilly 357 days ago | 24 comments