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

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authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. “Brickings” are among the “violence-as-a-service” offerings broadly available on many cybercrime channels. 9, 2024, U.S.

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Russian Govt. Continues Carding Shop Crackdown

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The crackdown — the second closure of major card fraud shops by Russian authorities in as many weeks — comes closely behind Russia’s arrest of 14 alleged affiliates of the REvil ransomware gang , and has many in the cybercrime underground asking who might be next. It was seized by Dept. K in January 2020.