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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

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The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon , whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks. Holden has long maintained visibility into cryptocurrency transactions made by BriansClub. The links have been redacted.

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Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”

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“My exploit pack is hosted there with 0 problems,” DCReaver2 says of a shady online provider that another member asked about in May 2010. Arrested in 2010, Skorjanc was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for selling and supporting Mariposa, which was used to compromise millions of Microsoft Windows computers.

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Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?

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The following month, GandCrab bragged that the program in July 2018 netted almost 425,000 victims and extorted more than one million dollars worth of cryptocurrencies, much of which went to affiliates who helped to spread the infections. In 2010, the hottabych_k2 address was used to register the domain name dedserver[.]ru Vpn-service[.]us

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Who’s Behind the NetWire Remote Access Trojan?

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” In 2010, someone using the email address dugidox@gmail.com registered the domain dugidox[.]com. A Youtube video invoking this corporate name describes Godbex as a “next generation platform” for exchanging gold and cryptocurrencies. Companies House records show Godbex was dissolved in 2020. ” Mr.

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North Korea steals $620m Ethereum from US Video Game maker

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US Treasury has endorsed the news and tagged it as one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time. Gamers on Axie can earn cryptocurrency for playing and winning games and selling their avatars. Highly placed sources say that the steal of funds was made to find the nuclear ambitions of Kim Jong UN.

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Data of 2 million MyFreeCams users sold on a hacker forum

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At the time of this writing, the threat actor has deleted its post, as well as its account, and emptied the cryptocurrency wallet used for the sale. The investigation conducted by MyFreeCams revealed that data were stolen in “a security incident that occurred more than ten years ago in June 2010.” ” reported CyberNews.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

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According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru Image: Shutterstock. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 finds that pin@darktower.ru