Tag: Cybercrime

FBI seizes hacking forum BreachForums — again

The FBI along with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies seized the notorious cybercrime forum BreachForums on Wednesday.  For years, BreachForums has been...

Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out

The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records — Menelik — told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal...

US, UK police identify and charge Russian leader of LockBit ransomware gang

The identity of the leader of one of the most infamous ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed. On Tuesday, a coalition of...

Police resurrect Lockbit’s site and troll the ransomware gang

An international coalition of police agencies have resurrected the dark web site of the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, which they had seized earlier...

Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says

The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic...

Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms

HELSINKI -- A Finnish court on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to six years and three months in prison for hacking thousands of...