A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.
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Nuclear missile contractor hacked in Maze ransomware attack
Attackers hacked and encrypted the computers of a contractor whose clients include the US military, government agencies and major military contractors.
Adult live-streaming site CAM4 leaks millions of emails, private chats
The leak exposed millions of records with full names, emails, user conversations, payment logs, and IP addresses dating back to March.
Porn scammers making $100,000 a month from sextortion emails
SophosLabs worked through five months’ worth of “porn scam” emails and followed the money. Learn what they found…
‘Dirty little secret’ extortion email threatens to give your family coronavirus
…And it’s got your password as “proof”.
FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year
The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals.
Hackers plead guilty to breach that Uber covered up
The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops.
Hacker asking $300 for 250,000 records stolen from sex worker site
In spite of prostitution being legal in the Netherlands, this could lead to the same type of blackmail attempts/suicide from Ashley Madison.
GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters
Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted.
Georgia’s court system hit by ransomware
There’s a hint that it might involve Ryuk ransomware. If so, it might be the fourth Ryuk attack against state and local agencies since May.