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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

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The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon , whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks. 26, 2017 on the now-defunct carding site Joker’s Stash has been tied to a breach at Sonic Drive-In.

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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

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The other indictment named Russians affiliated with a skilled hacking group known as “Triton” or “Trisis,” which infected a Saudi oil refinery with destructive malware in 2017, and then attempted to do the same to U.S. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA. .

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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

Krebs on Security

Absent from GoDaddy’s SEC statement is another spate of attacks in November 2020, in which unknown intruders redirected email and web traffic for multiple cryptocurrency services that used GoDaddy in some capacity. It is possible this incident was not mentioned because it was the work of yet another group of intruders.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

In February 2017, Horohorin was released after serving four years in a U.S. Inferno Pay, a cryptocurrency and payment API allegedly operated by the ChronoPay CEO. That’s according to Vladislav “BadB” Horohorin , the convicted cybercriminal who shared the ChronoPay Confluence data with KrebsOnSecurity.

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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

Krebs on Security

Also known as “ Assad Faiq” and “ The Godfather ,” Iza is the 30-something founder of a cryptocurrency investment platform called Zort that advertised the ability to make smart trades based on artificial intelligence technology. cryptocurrency holdings online. In December 2022, Troy Woody Jr. attorney general.