Ransomware negotiator who betrayed clients sentenced to 70 months in prison
A former ransomware negotiator at incident response firm DigitalMint has been sentenced to 70 months in prison after admitting he shared confidential client information with …
Scattered Spider suspect extradited over $8 million ransom scheme
A suspected Scattered Spider member has been extradited to the United States to face charges linked to cyberattacks against U.S. companies, including the breach of a luxury …
Hacker gets 18 months for attack that compromised 60,000 betting accounts
A 21-year-old man known online as “Snoopy” was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme that hacked user accounts on a fantasy sports and betting …
Algerian national accused of running cybercrime marketplaces extradited to US
An Algerian national accused of running online marketplaces that sold phishing kits and fraud tools has been extradited from Spain to the United States to face bank fraud …
FBI seizes 13 websites linked to alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering effort
Federal authorities have seized 13 internet domains allegedly used to target current and former U.S. government employees and military personnel with access to classified and …
Suspected KimWolf botnet admin arrested over DDoS-for-hire operation
U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million …
Two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang
Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. They pleaded guilty in December 2025 to …
Ransomware negotiator admits role in attacks he was hired to resolve
A Florida man, formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, pleaded guilty to conspiring to carry out ransomware attacks against US companies. Prosecutors say Angelo Martino, …
Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency
A British national tied to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty to hacking multiple companies via SMS phishing and stealing over $8 million in virtual currency …
Hacker stripped more than $50 million from Uranium crypto exchange, spent it on trading cards
US prosecutors have charged a Maryland man in connection with two hacks of the Uranium Finance cryptocurrency exchange that led to losses exceeding $50 million. Jonathan …
Second RedLine infostealer operator ends up in US custody
Hambardzum Minasyan, an Armenian man extradited to the United States, is accused of conspiring with others to develop and operate the RedLine infostealer malware used to steal …
Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars
A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S. companies. The judge …
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