Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

On September 30th, 2019, the financial institution began sending out data breach notifications to the impacted, the notice informed them that the former employee potentially used the data for fraudulent activities, including identity theft and financial frauds. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. “ According to the DoJ, the two defendants Eric Meiggs (20) and Declan Harrington (21) targeted users with high-value cryptocurrency accounts, and also executives of cryptocurrency companies. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2024

District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and more than $5 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Raoult and two other co-conspirators were charged with having hacked into protected computers of corporate entities and for the theft of stolen proprietary information.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Nikulin also hacked into an employee account of a Formspring engineer and used it to access the company network between June 13, 2012, and June 29, 2012. The data stolen by Nikulin were available on the cybercrime underground between 2015 and 2016, they were offered for sale by multiple traders. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

In November, King was accused and convicted of computer fraud and aggravated identity theft, and in June he also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice charges for having provided fake evidence during his trial. After the IT staff at the company detected the intrusion, it disabled the fraudulent admin accounts, but King and St.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

The availability of COVID-19 patient data in the cybercrime underground was spotted by the RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan. Verlaan discovered ads for stolen Dutch citizen data advertised on multiple instant messaging apps, including Telegram, Snapchat, and Wickr. Some accounts offer to look up the details of a specific person.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. “SIM Hijacking or “SIM Swapping” is an identity theft technique that exploits a common cyber-security weakness – mobile phone numbers. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

They also activated files that forced infected computers to register email accounts with AOL.” “The defendants registered more than 100,000 email accounts using this method. The defendants would then steal account credentials. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

.” LifeLabs is offering cybersecurity protection services to its customers, including identity theft and fraud protection insurance. “Any customer who is concerned about this incident can receive one free year of protection that includes dark web monitoring and identity theft insurance.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2019

The suspects have received sentences ranging from four years and three months to eight years and two months i n prison on wire fraud conspiracy , computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft charges. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Attorney Byung J. BJay ” Pak.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Fappening case – Federal prosecutors requested a 3-year prison sentence for a former Virginia high school teacher convicted of hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. In October 2018, Brannan pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 14, 2023

Phishing is a cybercrime where criminals masquerade as legitimate institutions to deceive individuals into divulging sensitive information. Time Sensitive Phishing emails often create a sense of urgency, pressuring recipients to take immediate action like updating their account or verifying information. What is Phishing?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

According to the investigators, Rimasauskas created email accounts to trick victims into believing that the emails were sent by employees at the Asian hardware vendor. He used multiple bank accounts at banks from Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Latvia to receive the fraudulent payments. ” . . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate the executive and steal $500,000 from two accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini. But he wasn’t quick enough to stop a hacker from draining $500,000 from two separate accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini, according to Santa Clara officials.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2018

Three members of the cybercrime group tracked as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts. Three members of the notorious cybercrime gang known as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In July 2017, Aloba and his co-conspirators compromised the email account of a court employee and used it to send the phishing emails to coworkers. The compromised email accounts then were used to send the roughly 2 million phishing emails.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It’s a good idea to prepare for cybercrime, and whenever possible avoid becoming a victim of it. None of this is to suggest that falling prey to holiday cybercrime is unavoidable or that the potential damage can’t be mitigated, but it is important to educate yourself, friends and family to safeguard the holiday season.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2021

The bulk of this cryptocurrency came from darknet marketplaces and was tied to illegal narcotics, computer fraud and abuse activities, and identity theft.". According to Finance Feeds , Bitcoin Fog was found exclusively on the darknet and required registration to open an account. Sterlingov made money off each transaction.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 3, 2022

In that case, they can potentially find other information about you that may be useful in identity theft or other crimes. Someone might use your IP address to frame you for illegal online activity, like downloading illegal content or using your IP address for cybercrime. What Happens If You Give Someone Your IP Address?

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As a result, all 143 million US victims are at greater risk of identity theft, and will remain at risk for years to come. And those who suffer identify theft will have problems for months, if not years, as they work to clean up their name and credit rating. The company's incident response after the breach was similarly damaging.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

The Russian citizen Andrei Tyurin (35) was extradited to the United States from Georgia on Friday, the man charged over the massive theft of customer data from JPMorgan Chase and Dow Jones , officials announced. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Securi ty Affairs – JPMorgan, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

A person’s credit card details and account balance are sold for 150 USD if the account balance is under 1000 USD, but 240 if it is under 5000 USD. Stolen Paypal account details, Neteller, PerfectMoney, TransferGo, and other payment services are also on the list. Cryptocurrency trading accounts. What about services?

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