New Jersey police cop pleads guilty to hacking, distributing private images
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A former Mount Laurel police officer has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing social media accounts and distributing private images of multiple women, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw…
New Yorker Wanted for Hacking U.S. Computers Arrested After Flight From Ukraine
BOSTON, MA – Vitalii Antonenko, a 32-year-old New York City resident, pleaded guilty on Thursday to multiple conspiracies involving computer hacking, trafficking stolen credit card information, and laundering the illicit proceeds. Antonenko…
Alleged CIA Operative Explains Operations Against President Trump, Hacking Other Contries
WASHINGTON, DC—In a recent video released by James O’Keefe, Amjad Fseisi, reportedly a project manager in Cyber Operations at the CIA and an NSA contractor employed by Deloitte, is allegedly captured on…
Former Security Engineer Sentenced for Hacking Cryptocurrency Exchanges
NEW YORK, NY – Shakeeb Ahmed, a former senior security engineer, has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing over $12 million worth of…
Computer fix-it companies settle US FTC charges they lied about hacking threats
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Two companies that claimed they could help rid computers of viruses and malware agreed to pay $26 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges they duped…
Hacking Of Insurance Giant Is Bringing US Health Care System To Its Knees
Hacking Of Insurance Giant Is Bringing US Health Care System To Its Knees Harold Hutchison on March 5, 2024 A cyberattack on a subsidiary of a major health insurance company has crippled…
DOJ Charges Iranian For Massive Hacking Campaign Against Defense Contractors, Federal Agencies
DOJ Charges Iranian For Massive Hacking Campaign Against Defense Contractors, Federal Agencies Micaela Burrow on February 29, 2024 The Justice Department charged an Iranian national for spearheading a years-long campaign to infect…
Pottsville Man Sentenced for Computer Hacking and Illegal Image Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the sentencing of 34-year-old Brandon B. Boyer of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. On January 18, 2024, United States District Court…
Derry Man Pleads Guilty to Passport Fraud and Hacking a Telecommunications Company
CONCORD – A Derry man pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to passport fraud and wire fraud in connection with hacking a telecommunications company, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young and Acting…
Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty To Hacking Fantasy Sports And Betting Website
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH GARRISON pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit computer intrusion in connection with a scheme to…
Boeing assessing Lockbit hacking gang threat of sensitive data leak
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Friday it was assessing a claim made by the Lockbit cybercrime gang that it had “a tremendous amount” of sensitive data…
Former Navy IT Manager Sentenced to over 5 Years in Prison for Hacking a Computer Database, Stealing over 9,000 People’s Identities, and Selling the Information for $160,000 in Bitcoin
FRESNO, Calif. — Former Navy IT Manager Marquis Hooper, 32, of Selma, California, was sentenced today to five years and five months in prison for hacking a computer database that contained personally…
US, Japan authorities warn of China-linked hacking group BlackTech
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory late on…
FBI chief says China has bigger hacking program than the competition combined
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Beijing has a cyberespionage program so vast that it is bigger than all of its major competitors combined, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Wray told…
Pentagon confident on sharing intelligence with Japan despite China hacking report
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -The Pentagon said on Tuesday it was confident about sharing intelligence with Japan, despite a U.S. news report saying Chinese military hackers gained access to Japan’s most sensitive defense networks.…
Factbox-The Chinese groups accused of hacking the US and others
(Reuters) – Chinese hacking teams have been blamed by Western intelligence agencies and cybersecurity groups for digital intrusion campaigns across the world, targeting everything from government and military organisations to corporations and…
Chinese Hacking Group Breaches Commerce Secretary’s Emails
Chinese Hacking Group Breaches Commerce Secretary’s Emails Jake Smith on July 13, 2023 A China-based hacking group breached U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo’s emails as part of a larger cyber-attack affecting…
Factbox-What is Volt Typhoon, the alleged China-backed hacking group?
By Raphael Satter and James Pearson (Reuters) – Its name is redolent of an exotic electrical storm. But is the freshly christened hacking group “Volt Typhoon” an imminent danger to American infrastructure,…
Harry not criticising queen over hacking deal with Murdoch’s UK group, court told
By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry is not criticising his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth, or Britain’s royal family over a “secret agreement” with Rupert Murdoch’s UK…
Left-Wing Climate Activists Targeted In Massive Email Hacking Campaign: REPORT
Left-Wing Climate Activists Targeted In Massive Email Hacking Campaign: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on March 29, 2023 A group of Indian hackers hired by an Israeli private detective in 2017 allegedly stole…
Russian National Charged with Bank Fraud Related to Hacking Campaign
NEWARK, N.J. – A Russian national was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with a series of computer system intrusions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
French police apprehends suspect in Finnish therapy data hacking
HELSINKI (Reuters) – French police apprehended on Friday a 25-year-old Finnish man suspected of breaching patient records of some 33,000 psychotherapy clients in Finland, the Finnish central criminal police said. Finland’s National…
Nigerian National Charged with $8 Million Computer Hacking, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering Activities
NEWARK, N.J. – A Nigerian man has been indicted for his role in computer hacking, wire fraud, and money laundering acts that defrauded companies of nearly $8 million after compromising companies’ business…
New Jersey cop busted for hacking into woman’s phone, sharing illicit photos
EVESHAM, NJ – A young police officer working at the Evesham Police Department has been arrested and placed on unpaid suspension after breaking into a woman’s cell phone and sharing illicit photos…
One more Greek lawmaker files complaint over attempted phone hacking
By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) – A lawmaker in Greece’s main opposition party filed a complaint with the top court’s prosecutor on Friday over what he said were repeated attempts to infect…
Austrian spy firm accused by Microsoft says hacking tool was for EU states
By James Pearson LONDON – An Austrian firm which Microsoft said created malicious software that was detected on the computer systems of some of its clients in at least three countries has…
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