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DoJ seized credit card marketplace PopeyeTools and charges its administrators

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seized the stolen credit card marketplace PopeyeTools and charged its operators, this is a major success against cybercrime. PopeyeTools was a dark web marketplace specializing in selling stolen credit cards and cybercrime tools, facilitating fraud and illicit online activities since 2016.

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

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.” The DOJ’s statement doesn’t mention that RSOCKS has been in operation since 2014, when access to the web store for the botnet was first advertised on multiple Russian-language cybercrime forums. ” In 2016, Deniskloster.com featured a post celebrating three years in operation. ” the post enthuses.

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Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in prison

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Bitfinex hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein , who stole 1 billion worth of Bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Billion in stolen cryptocurrency stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. Law enforcement also seized over $3.6

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U.S. authorities seized cybercrime marketplace Rydox

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Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of the cybercrime marketplace Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”). Department of Justice (DoJ) seized Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace for selling stolen personal data and fraud tools. cc”). Thousands of U.S. victims were affected. Attorney Eric G.

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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

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The plea comes just months after Emelyantsev was extradited from Bulgaria, where he told investigators, “America is looking for me because I have enormous information and they need it.” “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity! RSOCKS, circa 2016. Image: archive.org.

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ExCobalt Cybercrime group targets Russian organizations in multiple sectors

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The cybercrime group ExCobalt targeted Russian organizations in multiple sectors with a previously unknown backdoor known as GoRed. Positive Technologies researchers reported that a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt targeted Russian organizations in multiple sectors with a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed.

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DoJ charged 19 individuals in a transnational cybercrime investigation xDedic Marketplace

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19 individuals worldwide were charged in a transnational cybercrime investigation of the now defunct xDedic marketplace. The black marketplace has been active since 2014, it was first analyzed by experts at Kaspersky Lab in 2016. At the time, the domain (xdedic[.]biz) The website quickly reappeared in the Tor network.