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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

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authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. 0ktapus often leveraged information or access gained in one breach to perpetrate another. 9, 2024, U.S. According to an Aug.

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RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested

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Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums , an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015.

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Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports

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But when I tried to get my report from Experian via annualcreditreport.com, Experian’s website said it didn’t have enough information to validate my identity. In response to information shared by KrebsOnSecurity, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) It wouldn’t even show me the four multiple-guess questions. ” Sen.

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

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The group then searched darknet markets for stolen Snowflake account credentials, and began raiding the data storage repositories used by some of the world’s largest corporations. Department of Justice (DOJ) for a 2021 breach at T-Mobile that exposed the personal information of at least 76.6 million customers.

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Scary Fraud Ensues When ID Theft & Usury Collide

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Jim told MSF and others who called or emailed that identity thieves had applied for the funds using his name and information; that he would never take out a payday loan; and would they please remove his information from their database? 14, 2022 breach notification letter from tribal lender Mountain Summit Financial.