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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Krebs on Security

A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. As it happens, Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion. “Brickings” are among the “violence-as-a-service” offerings broadly available on many cybercrime channels.

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Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Krebs on Security

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.