President Trump announced Tuesday night that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark web site Silk Road…
Personal Data of 3 Billion People Stolen in Hack, Suit Says…
Jerico Pictures Inc., a background-check company doing business as National Public Data, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals in an April data breach, a proposed class action says…
AT&T Admits the Ugly Details of a Massive Data Breach Affecting Millions…
The wireless carrier is resetting account passcodes and notifying customers…
The British Men Behind a Massive Global Paedophile Ring Called ‘The Annex’ for ‘King Paedo’ Mastermind……
The operational structure of the sprawling international ‘enterprise’ known as The Annex was much akin to that one might find in any business…
U.S. Files Lawsuit Against Bitcoin Exchange That Helped Launder Ransomware Profits…
The US Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit seeking to recover more than $100 million from a notorious cryptocurrency exchange that has helped cyber-criminals launder stolen funds, such as those obtained from ransomware payments, dark web drug marketplaces, and funds from hacked cryptocurrency exchanges. In a lawsuit filed on Friday, July 26, the […]
New FBI Dump Shows Top Secret Document from Hillary Server Found on Dark Web…
3 Germans Who Allegedly Operated Dark Web Marketplace with Over 1 Million Users Face U.S. Narcotics and Money Laundering Charges…
Following a nearly two-year international investigation involving U.S. law enforcement and authorities in Germany and the Netherlands, federal prosecutors have charged three German nationals with being the administrators of Wall Street Market (WSM), which was one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces that allowed vendors to sell a wide variety of contraband, including an […]
Alleged Dark Web Child Pornography Facilitator Extradited to the United States to Face Federal Charges…
Irish authorities extradited a dual national citizen of the United States and Ireland to the United States to face federal charges that he allegedly advertised and distributed child pornography on the dark web. The extradition and federal charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney […]
Here’s What Your Identity Sells For on the Dark Web…
Millions of Americans who trusted Equifax with sensitive personal and financial data, including social security numbers and credit-card information, are now nervously wondering whether they will be among the unlucky minority of affected customers whose identities are successfully “repurposed” by online criminal groups…
Ukraine Hacker Cooperating with FBI in Russia Probe…
A hacker in Ukraine who goes by the online alias “Profexer” is cooperating with the FBI in its investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, The New York Times is reporting. Profexer, whose real identity is unknown, wrote and sold malware on the dark web. The intelligence community publicly identified code he had […]