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Notes about IT Security Industry, Infosec, Hacking & Privacy

Cybercrime Investigations Weekly

Cloud Provider’s Manager Prosecuted For Concealing Non-Compliance With FedRAMP

Read also: The E-Note crypto exchange dismantled, a man gets jail time for malware tutorials, and more.
Posted on 18 December 2025 | 12:32 pm

Teen Arrested For The Internet Café Operator Hack

Read also: hacker indicted for involvement in CARR and NoName057(16) attacks on critical infrastructure, man sentenced for helping North Koreans il...
Posted on 11 December 2025 | 11:58 am

Phisher Gets 7 Years In Prison For Running “Evil Twin” Airport WiFi Network

Read also: Swiss, German authorities shut down Cryptomixer crypto-service used to launder €1.3B, four arrested in S.Korea for hacking over 120K IP ...
Posted on 4 December 2025 | 12:53 pm

Former Employees Face Charges In “Revenge Hacking” Cases

Read also: A Russian hacker arrested in Poland, a crypto launderer pleads guilty, and more.
Posted on 27 November 2025 | 12:34 pm

A Student Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Cyber Extortion

Read also: Samourai Wallet founders sentenced for laundering over $237M, five plead guilty in a scheme that helped North Korean IT workers earn $2M...
Posted on 20 November 2025 | 12:12 pm

“Bitcoin Queen” Sentenced To Nearly 12 Years In UK’s Largest Crypto Laundering Case

Read also: Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium malware dismantled in global police op, Yanluowang ransomware hacker to plead guilty, and more.
Posted on 13 November 2025 | 12:30 pm

Three Former Cybersecurity Experts Indicted In BlackCat Ransomware Scheme

Read also: Authorities dismantle a large-scale credit card fraud ring that affected 4.3M victims, a Conti affiliate extradited to the US, and more.
Posted on 6 November 2025 | 12:19 pm

Former US Defense Contractor Exec Pleads Guilty To Selling Zero-Days to Russian broker

Read also: A former Virgin Media O2 employee fined for data protection breach, Kazakhstan dismantles online fraud network, and more.
Posted on 30 October 2025 | 11:20 am

Romanian Inmate Hacks National Prison Network, Alters Sentences And Inmate Accounts

Read also: Major cybercrime SIM-box network with 49M fake accounts dismantled, Myanmar shuts down major online scam hub, and more.
Posted on 23 October 2025 | 12:10 pm

A College Student Behind The Massive PowerSchool Hack Sentenced To 4 Years

Read also: Spain dismantles GXC Team cybercrime group, arrests lead developer, BreachForums seized yet again, and more.
Posted on 16 October 2025 | 11:18 am

Two Teens Arrested Over London Nursery Chain Breach And Child Doxxing

Read also: An Australian man fined for AI deepfake porn, a mastermind behind a global romance scam network arrested, and more.
Posted on 9 October 2025 | 11:32 am

Two Dutch Teens Arrested For Alleged Espionage With WiFi Sniffers Near Europol

Read also: 260 arrested in Pan-African cybercrime crackdown, Chinese ‘crypto queen’ convicted, and more.
Posted on 2 October 2025 | 11:19 am

Scattered Spider Members Arrested In The UK, US

Read also: $439 million seized in a global cybercrime crackdown, a suspect in cyber-attacks that disrupted European airports arrested, and more.
Posted on 25 September 2025 | 11:25 am

Another Suspect Charged in Major Vastaamo Hacking Case

Read also: BreachForums’ founder resentenced to three years in prison, a global phishing service dismantled, and more.
Posted on 18 September 2025 | 12:23 pm

A Key Figure Behind The BlackDB.cc Dark Web Market Pleads Guilty

Read also: Ransomware admin charged in the US, put on EU most wanted list, the piracy service Calcio has been shut down, and more.
Posted on 11 September 2025 | 11:34 am

Major Fake ID Market VerifTools Shut Down By Dutch And US Police

Read also: Illegal sports streaming powerhouse Streameast dismantled, a hacker charged for the Rosneft Deutschland breach, and more.
Posted on 4 September 2025 | 11:26 am

High School Teacher Arrested In Spain For Hacking Educational Platform And Altering Grades

Read also: Major African cybercrime crackdown busts over 1000 suspects, software dev sentenced to 4 years for sabotage, and more.
Posted on 28 August 2025 | 11:35 am

Scattered Spider Member Sentenced to 10 Years for Multi-Million Dollar Crypto Theft

Read also: Crypto influencer goes to prison for a $3.5M cryptojacking scheme, the US seizes $2.8M from a Zeppelin ransomware operator, and more.
Posted on 21 August 2025 | 11:37 am

US Seizes Over $1M In Crypto From BlackSuit Ransomware Gang

Read also: Four ghanaian nationals extradited to US in $100M fraud scheme, a cybercrime ring targeting telecoms and banks dismantled, and more.
Posted on 14 August 2025 | 11:20 am

Swiss Prosecutors Charge A Suspect Over Global Ransomware Attacks

Read also: Hacker behind major cyber-attacks on spanish banks arrested in Girona, Tornado Cash co-founder convicted, and more.
Posted on 7 August 2025 | 11:44 am