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Rexxfield, a company that provides cyber investigation support services to law enforcement agencies from all over the world, has decided to make its offering available for the general public as well. Currently, law enforcement agencies don’t have the resources to investigate every cybercrime that takes place, ... |
13 May 2013
16:01 GMT |
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A British woman living in South Africa had her life savings stolen in 2011 after falling victim to a phishing scam. Several individuals from the UK and Egypt took part in the scheme.
According to the Daily Mail, one of the fraudsters sent out a bogus bank notification and tricked the victim into handing over h... |
13 May 2013
09:46 GMT |
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Federal agencies looking to catch criminals by peeking into their iPhones are asking Apple to bypass their passcodes and supply them with the necessary information to make the bust.
And Apple, more often than not, agrees. In fact, they reportedly have this so-called waiting list where feds take turns to get their mi... |
13 May 2013
08:44 GMT |
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Last week, US authorities charged 8 individuals believed to be involved in a scheme in which fraudsters withdrew a total of $45 million (€34 million) from ATMs all around the world. Prosecutors haven’t named the targeted companies. However, Times of India has learned that the companies targeted by the cyb... |
13 May 2013
04:38 GMT |
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Police in Taiwan seem to be pretty efficient when it comes to identifying and apprehending cybercriminals. The second possibility is that Taiwanese hackers don’t really know how to hide their tracks, allowing authorities to easily identify them.
Whichever the case may be, Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation ... |
9 May 2013
05:17 GMT |
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Back in March, we learned that 27-year-old Bernard Beliard, a State Corrections officer of the South Florida Reception Center was arrested and charged with access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Prosecutors alleged that Beliard used his official law enforcement position to gain access to personal informa... |
8 May 2013
07:34 GMT |
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The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) has been among the first victims of OpUSA, the campaign launched by several hacktivist groups on May 7. The attack on HPD’s systems was carried out by X-Blackerz Inc.
HPD representatives have confirmed that the hackers gained access to the department’s “Alerts&r... |
8 May 2013
02:56 GMT |
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A programmer from Long Island, New York, was arrested last week and charged with hacking into the systems of a company that manufactures high-voltage power supplies. The suspect, Michael Meneses, worked for the firm in question until January 2012. The complaint reveals that Meneses worked for the company as a softwa... |
6 May 2013
14:01 GMT |
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While Chinese hackers are considered to be among the best in the world, the country’s prosecutors are not very skilled when it comes to investigating online criminal activities. That’s why, prosecuting authorities in Beijing plan on hiring and training more individuals capable of analyzing electronic evid... |
3 May 2013
07:44 GMT |
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Federal authorities from the US have arrested three individuals and charged 6 others for their alleged involvement in a drug ring believed to be responsible for distributing cocaine in Italy and the United States. The criminal organization is also accused of trafficking methamphetamine across the US.
According to th... |
2 May 2013
03:22 GMT |
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has seized 10 Internet domain names as part of the ongoing campaign dubbed “Operation in Our Sites.” In addition to the domain names, the PayPal accounts associated with them have also been seized. According to the US Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s... |
1 May 2013
03:53 GMT |
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University of Georgia (UGA) police are confident that the man who committed suicide back in December 2012, 26-year-old Charles Staples Stell, is the one who hacked into the university’s systems, and the one who stole the records of 8,500 individuals.
“This case has been closed based on the fact it ... |
29 April 2013
09:03 GMT |
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Law enforcement authorities are constantly seeking more power to be able to “spy” on the online communications of individuals they believe to be involved in criminal activities. However, for the time being, they require a warrant to do that and, as it turns out, they don’t always get one. Ars Techn... |
26 April 2013
09:26 GMT |
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has detained 24-year-old Matthew Flannery for his alleged involvement in a cyberattack against an Australian government website earlier this month.
Authorities say the investigation began after they had found that a government site had been “attacked and defaced.”
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24 April 2013
04:12 GMT |
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Over the weekend, several hacker groups have been busy targeting police websites. First, the Portugal Cyber Army and HighTech Brazil collectives – the ones that reported having breached the Dubai International Airport a few days ago – claim to have penetrated the official website of the Hong Kong Police ... |
22 April 2013
05:24 GMT |
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On Thursday, the Japanese National Police Agency urged Internet service providers (ISPs) to block the use of Tor (The Onion Router) in an effort to prevent the online anonymity system from being abused by criminals.
Civil rights groups have immediately responded, saying that they oppose the measure. Now, Anonymous h... |
20 April 2013
04:31 GMT |
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The Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies whose goal is to combat online child abuse, has three new members: the Dutch National Police, the Indonesian National Police, and the Korean National Police.
The new members have been announced at an official cerem... |
18 April 2013
07:21 GMT |
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According to a report from IsraelNationalNews.com, Jordanian security forces have detained several individuals believed to have participated in the recent cyberattacks against Israel.
The news about the youths’ arrests comes on the same day in which hacktivists announced attacking a large number of Israeli we... |
8 April 2013
03:05 GMT |
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Peggy McGlaughn, a 68-year-old woman from Etowah County, Alabama, US, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing over $900,000 (696,000 EUR) from her former employer through identity theft and fraud.
“From October 2003 until February 2010, McGlaughn obtained the signatures of Bob Roberts & Company ... |
5 April 2013
16:01 GMT |
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A 17-year-old youth from Australia, suspected of being a member of Anonymous, was charged on Friday with hacking-related offences.
According to the Australian Federal Police, the suspect “committed serious offences” on behalf of Anonymous.
He is charged with six counts of unauthorized modification... |
5 April 2013
05:43 GMT |
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26-year-old Romanian national Laurentiu Cristian Busca was sentenced on Tuesday to 5 years in prison for participating in a phishing scam that targeted customers of various US companies, particularly financial institutions.
According to the US Department of Justice, Busca and his co-conspirators sent out emails rep... |
27 March 2013
16:01 GMT |
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Back in February 2011, members of the Anonymous group (at the time they were a “group”) and their supporters launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against websites owned by Koch Industries.
A few months later, the world learned that the FBI had launched an investigation into the attacks.
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27 March 2013
08:47 GMT |
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17-year-old Michael William Cook, of Acworth, Georgia, US, has been arrested and charged with distributing adult content involving children. Police say Cook sent his victims, all aged under 18, text messages that appeared to be coming from a company called Maxi Focus Photography in an effort to trick them into insta... |
22 March 2013
04:39 GMT |
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department will teach investigators from local police stations how to handle cybercrimes in an effort to avoid wrongful arrests.
According to Yomiuri Online, the decision comes after police arrested four innocent individuals whose computers had been abused by a virus to make threats on ... |
19 March 2013
03:47 GMT |
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46-year-old Shahin Abdollahi, and 35-year-old Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson, both from California, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and wire fraud, and one count of wire fraud.
According to authorities, the two hacked into at least 13 point-of-sale systems located at Subway rest... |
18 March 2013
05:07 GMT |
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The US Justice Department has indicted Matthew Keys, a deputy social media editor at Reuters, for allegedly helping Anonymous hacktivists gain access to a server of the Tribune Company and deface the Los Angeles Times’ website. Keys has been charged with one count of attempted transmission of information to da... |
15 March 2013
03:58 GMT |
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The UK Metropolitan Police has announced that four individuals, current and former Mirror Group Newspaper journalists, have been arrested as part of an investigation into a phone voicemail interception case.
The arrests are part of the now-famous Operation Weeting, but authorities say the case is treated separately ... |
14 March 2013
10:18 GMT |
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Miami police officers Malinzky Bazile, 28, and Vital Frederick, 26, have been arrested on suspicion of tax refund fraud and identity theft. 27-year-old Bernard Beliard, a State Corrections officer of the South Florida Reception Center has been arrested in a separate case. According to authorities, Bazile has be... |
9 March 2013
05:56 GMT |
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The sentencing of Russian national Kristina Svechinskaya, known as the world’s most attractive hacker, has been postponed for the second time this year. The sentencing was initially scheduled for January 11, but it was later moved to March 1, and now to April 19, RAPSI News reports.
Although she has been named... |
7 March 2013
07:12 GMT |
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The Cyber Defence Research Center(CDRC) of India’s Jharkhand Police has launched a responsible disclosure program to help ethical hackers submit the vulnerabilities they find to the affected vendors, E Hacking News reports. The program encourages all those who identify security issues on the websites or i... |
7 March 2013
04:57 GMT |
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The alleged members of a cybercrime gang, suspected of stealing around $2 million (1.5 million EUR) from the bank accounts of exchange companies have been arrested by Dubai police.
According to gulfnews.com, authorities believe the suspects, two Asians and one African, were helped by hackers who broke into the websi... |
5 March 2013
04:10 GMT |
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Speaking at a cybercrime symposium at Pace University, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance revealed that most of the crimes that take place in New York these days involve cyberspace.
“Cybercrime is the fastest growing crime trend in New York, and around the country. The Manhattan police precincts now recor... |
4 March 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Michael Musacchio, a 61-year-old man from Plano, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury for conspiring to hack into the computer networks of his former employer. According to the US Department of Justice, between 2002 and 2004, Musacchio was the president of a third-party logistics company called Exel Transportation... |
4 March 2013
10:30 GMT |
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As we mentioned earlier, DeadMellox, the leader of Team GhostShell, revealed that he has decided to take a break from the hacking scene for an undetermined period of time. Before he does that, we’ve asked him to offer us an interview to find out more about the impact of his group’s operations. The hacker... |
1 March 2013
09:31 GMT |
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After leaking millions of pieces of information from the systems of organizations from all over the world, Team GhostShell has become the target of several law enforcement agencies. In an interview we’ve had with DeadMellox, the leader of the group, he has detailed some of his encounters with the authorities.
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1 March 2013
03:59 GMT |
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Eleven Sri Lankans, one Indian, four Malaysians, and nine Canadians have been arrested by Malaysian police. Authorities believe the individuals are involved in an international credit card fraud scheme. The arrests are part of a joint effort between Canadian police, the Interpol and Malaysian authorities, Bernama re... |
26 February 2013
04:25 GMT |
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A hacker using the online moniker Viru$ Noir has breached and defaced the official website of the Mongolian National Police (police.gov.mn). The attack is part of OpMyanmar (or at least the attacker appears to be involved in the hacktivist campaign).
According to HackRead, it’s uncertain if the hacker has gain... |
18 February 2013
03:03 GMT |
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This week, US President Barack Obama has finally issued the long-awaited cybersecurity executive order. The order is not as good as proper legislation, but it’s one step forward in the United States’ attempt to secure the country’s critical infrastructures.
In addition, the executive order doesn�... |
17 February 2013
03:01 GMT |
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Spanish Police, in collaboration with Europol’s newly-launched European Cybercrime Center (EC3), have managed to dismantle what it’s believed to be the largest and most complex cybercriminal ring responsible for spreading ransomware. It’s believed the cybercriminals have managed to infect tens of t... |
14 February 2013
02:54 GMT |
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The recent case in which police has wrongfully arrested four men who were believed to have sent threatening messages on the Internet has made Japanese authorities realize the importance of proper cybercrime-fighting skills.
To solve the case of the online threats – which were actually made by a computer malwar... |
13 February 2013
06:58 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers have launched a campaign called Operation Dorner, which comes in response to the way the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is handling the manhunt for Christopher Dorner, the alleged cop killer.
“The department has proven once more that it is incapable of serving the public, look no furthe... |
12 February 2013
09:45 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers claim to have disrupted a website of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPDonline.org) in response to the way authorities are handling the case of Chistopher Dorner, the alleged cop killer who’s currently on the run. The hacktivists have announced attacking the site after the LA Times publis... |
11 February 2013
06:18 GMT |
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The Philippines Bureau of Immigrations has revealed that 17 Chinese nationals wanted for cybercrimes and online fraud in their home country were arrested last week. The suspects, 15 of which are women, have been arrested in Makati City as part of an operation conducted by the agency’s fugitive search unit. Th... |
29 January 2013
08:46 GMT |
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Three individuals, suspected of developing and distributing the notorious Gozi malware, have been charged in a Manhattan federal court.
According to the US Department of Justice, the Gozi malware has infected more than one million computers, causing losses totaling tens of millions of dollars.
The suspects are Niki... |
24 January 2013
03:20 GMT |
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Hackers from the Game Over group have launched a campaign against police, called Operation Slaughter House (OpSlaughterHouse). “For too long the Police have abused their powers and so called ‘rights’ to abuse and harm civilians for no other reason then to silence the people and keep the voice... |
17 January 2013
04:34 GMT |
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After the world learned that Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz committed suicide, his friends, family and hacktivists – including the Anonymous movement – have started looking for culprits. Besides the current legislation, which they say needs to be changed, they also accuse the prosecutors handling his ca... |
16 January 2013
04:21 GMT |
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Over the past few years, the image of the US Health Department has often been stained because of fraud-related crimes committed by the organization’s employees. Now, law enforcement authorities have identified another fraud case.
38-year-old Selena Patino, a former employee of the Texas Department of Health an... |
15 January 2013
10:29 GMT |
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A hacker called Game Over has managed to breach a couple of police websites in an operation called OpSlaughterHouse.
The targets are the sites of Pakistan’s District Police Okara and PoliceOne, advertised as being the most comprehensive online resource for law enforcement agencies and police departments.
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14 January 2013
10:58 GMT |
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A 30-year-old man from Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region (eastern Siberia) has been accused of orchestrating the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks launched back in May 2012 against the website of the country’s president.
Russia’s main domestic security agency, the Federal Security Service of t... |
14 January 2013
08:11 GMT |
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Representatives of the Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) say they have some leads on the hacktivists that have breached government websites in protest against the controversial Anti-Cybercrime Act of 2012.
According to GMA News, officials haven’t revealed much, but they say the NBI “has... |
14 January 2013
07:49 GMT |
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