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Ukrainian Man Ran 'Upworksell.com' to Sell Stolen Identities for Overseas IT Workers, Court Docs Say
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (258+ words) Oleksandr Didenko, 29, of Kyiv, Ukraine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for a years-long scheme that stole the identities of U.S. citizens and sold them to North Korean workers so they could fraudulently gain employment at 40 U.S. companies, announced…...
Three Iranian Nationals Indicted For Attempting to Sell Google Secrets to Home Country
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (271+ words) Three Silicon Valley engineers have been charged after allegedly attempting to sell Google's trade secrets to Iran. #BREAKING: 3 Silicon Valley engineers charged with sending Google secrets to Iran. Samaneh Ghandali and her sister Soroor Ghandali, as well as Mohammadjavad Khosravi,…...
Nigerian National Extradited, Sentenced to 8 Years in Attempted $8M Tax Refund Scheme
2+ day, 14+ min ago (311+ words) A Nigerian national living in Mexico, who was extradited to the United States, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a scheme to break into Massachusetts tax preparation firms" computer networks and to file fraudulent…...
Co-Creator of Dark Web Site 'Empire Market' Admits Role in $430M Illegal Marketplace
2+ week, 5+ day ago (345+ words) A Virginia man who co-created and operated "Empire Market'a dark web marketplace that enabled users to anonymously buy and sell illegal goods and serviceshas pleaded guilty in Chicago to a federal drug conspiracy charge. Raheim Hamilton, 30, of Suffolk, Va., entered…...
Hackers Just Took Down This Massive ICE Doxxing Website
3+ week, 1+ day ago (370+ words) Images uploaded to social media show that hackers have taken down one of the largest websites leftist agitators have used to doxx ICE agents conducting immigration operations in the wake of the two fatal self-defense shootings in Minneapolis. The hackers…...
While America Watched the Border, the Cyber Front Exploded
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (583+ words) As 2025 closes, Americans can take a breath. The economy is stabilizing. Borders are finally being enforced. Foreign adversaries are once again being reminded'without apology'that American strength still matters. President Trump has done what many in the permanent political class insisted…...
Insiders Turned Extortionists: Cybersecurity Workers Admit Role in $1M Ransomware Plot
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (470+ words) A federal district court in the Southern District of Florida has accepted the guilty pleas of two men to conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks in 2023. According to court documents, Ryan Goldberg,…...
Hackers Just Took Over Iran’s State TV — Here’s What They Had to Say
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (284+ words) Hackers have reportedly infiltrated Iran's state-run media outlets and are using the airwaves to encourage Iranians to rise up against their government. Footage circulating on social media appears to show Iran's TV broadcasts being hijacked. The television screen shows images…...
Deepfakes, Human Error, and the AI Landmines in the Cybersphere
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (750+ words) If the downfall of society arrives not with the roar of missiles but the ping of an email, we'll know exactly why. Artificial intelligence, once hyped as humanity's digital guardian angel, is now being used to create believable lies, clone…...
Who's Been Impersonating a Top Trump Administration Official? The FBI Plans to Find Out.
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (409+ words) Federal authorities are reportedly investigating an effort to impersonate White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Several individuals familiar with the matter told'The Wall Street Journal that the impersonator reached out to several prominent Republicans as Wiles. In recent weeks,…...