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Cybercrime Investigations Weekly™

Cybercrime Investigations Weekly

Issue #194 | October 2026, Week 3

From North Korean laptop farms to teen-run data brokers, global task forces busted a sprawling web of fraud hiding behind fake identities and stole...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 12:03 pm

Issue #193 | October 2026, Week 2

Ransomware fraudsters are falling from every angle, from a recovery mogul secretly paying hackers to a rogue engineer locking his own employer out ...
Posted on 8 October 2026 | 12:08 pm

Issue #192 | October 2026, Week 1

From a former US soldier jailed for the Snowflake extortion campaign to a Spanish suspect caught faking payment parameters, this week’s court rulin...
Posted on 1 October 2026 | 12:44 pm

Issue #191 | September 2026, Week 4

Cybercrime nets tighten globally as Scattered Spider members face prison and Spanish police dismantle a €430K scam ring. Meanwhile, authorities shu...
Posted on 24 September 2026 | 11:19 am

Issue #190 | September 2026, Week 3

FBI seized NightmareStresser domains in a sweeping crackdown on global DDoS-for-hire operations. Elsewhere, courts jailed ransomware architects and...
Posted on 17 September 2026 | 10:47 am

Issue #189 | September 2026, Week 2

French hackers are behind the massive tax agency breach, while a Russian dev faces 175 years for bank fraud. Meanwhile, US authorities are sweeping...
Posted on 10 September 2026 | 11:39 am

Issue #188 | September 2026, Week 1

Police just dismantled the Sality botnet and arrested the masterminds behind TeamPCP, who stole half a million corporate logins. Elsewhere, a Russi...
Posted on 3 September 2026 | 11:22 am

A man arrested for allegedly impersonating an NSA officer and chief justice

A Colorado man claimed to be the NSA chief and Supreme Court justice before police dragged him out of court, while a massive global crackdown arres...
Posted on 27 August 2026 | 11:09 am

Former IT Contractor Sentenced In $2.5M Extortion Scheme

From a solo malware artist to a state-sponsored Iranian heist, cybercrime just stole billions in data and cash. Meanwhile, a bogus IT contractor go...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 12:02 pm

Two Data Recovery Executives Jailed For Ransomware Scheme

From Seoul data thieves to Spanish AI face-swappers, global cybercrime nets are finally tightening. Authorities just busted massive fraud rings in ...
Posted on 13 August 2026 | 12:55 pm

Belarusian Ransom Cartel Creator Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison

Cybercrime justice hits hard: the Ransom Cartel boss faces 16 years, a Snowflake breach culprit pleads guilty, and Tycoon2FA devs are caught. Meanw...
Posted on 6 August 2026 | 11:30 am

Man Gets 6 Years For Hacking Hundreds Of Snapchat Accounts

Snapchat hacker Kyle Svara faces seven years in prison for stealing private photos, while a $5.3M hospital embezzlement and a massive $100M romance...
Posted on 30 July 2026 | 12:01 pm

Scattered Spider Hackers Jailed For TfL Cyber-Attack

Scattered Spider hackers get jailed for a £29M London transport hack, while global authorities dismantle a major phishing platform and fake Steam g...
Posted on 23 July 2026 | 10:40 am

Former Ransomware Negotiator Gets Nearly 6 Years In Prison For Aiding BlackCat/ALPHV Gang

Ransomware hustlers are finally eating the crumbs: from prison sentences for insider negotiators to billions in busted crypto scams, global authori...
Posted on 16 July 2026 | 11:12 am

15-Year-Old Arrested In Japan For Alleged Cyber-Attack On Bandai Channel

A 15-year-old hacker wiped out 46,000 Bandai accounts, while Vietnam busted the crew behind the massive HiAnime piracy empire. Global anti-fraud sw...
Posted on 9 July 2026 | 11:11 am

Iran-Linked Hacker Wanted By US In $3.4B Case Arrested In Montenegro

Cybercrime nets tighten globally as Montenegro, Finland, and Poland nab hackers linked to billions in university, sports, and crypto thefts. Meanwh...
Posted on 2 July 2026 | 10:53 am

Police Disrupt SocGholish, StealC, And Amadey Malware Networks

Cybercrime crackdowns hit hard: Europol dismantles Russia-linked SocGholish botnets while Spanish police arrest suspects in a massive government da...
Posted on 25 June 2026 | 11:00 am

A Former School District IT Employee Sentenced For Hacking Employer

Former IT staffers are paying the price for insider sabotage and ransomware schemes, with one ex-employee sentenced to prison for hacking his old s...
Posted on 18 June 2026 | 10:51 am

Former IT Consultant Pleads Guilty In Computer Fraud Scheme

Cybercrime crackdowns hit home: a Russian hacker extradited for state-sponsored espionage, a Japanese scam boss arrested in Thailand, and IT consul...
Posted on 11 June 2026 | 9:52 am

Spanish Police Arrest Suspect Over Leak Of Sensitive Government Data

From Spain’s government data leak to a US fraudster’s decade-long prison sentence, authorities are crushing digital crime everywhere. They seized 1...
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 11:10 am