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Once hacking Yahoo Mail accounts, the employee also compromised accounts to access his victims’ Dropbox, Facebook, Gmail, and iCloud accounts. Yahoo Mail has more than 200 million active users around the world and that makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals but this time an insider at Yahoo is making headlines for all the wrong […]
This could easily be termed one of the largest Fentanyl related busts in the US but this time thanks to PlayStation serial number. The federal agents captured a large heroin ring in Novi, Michigan after raiding a condominium and discovering Fentanyl in large quantity. The quantity was so much that according to DEA, it could be […]
He is now diagnosed with a condition called Pedophilic Disorder. An Ottawa-based animator has received 28 months in prison for possessing child pornography content. The 55-year old Tom Wysom is an artist by profession, who is known for his contribution in various animated TV shows for children including My Little Pony. At the time of his […]
Hundreds of inmates hacked the system and transferred almost $225,000 in their accounts. Inmates at Idaho Department of Correction are provided with computer tablets manufactured by a Florida based company JPay. These tablets are powered by communications and data services from CenturyLink, a telecommunications company, headquartered in Louisiana. The purpose of these tablets is to let inmates play games, buy music and […]
Despite countless examples to the contrary, many people still toss cryptocurrency and criminal activity into the same bucket. But is this born out of ignorance or fact? We all fear the unknown. Perhaps it’s partially because, to the layman, digital currencies suddenly seem to be taking over. Despite proving that cryptocurrency is about more than […]
We have read about credit card skimmers at ATMs or gas stations but how would someone hack into fuel pumps to steal gas? Apparently, cybercriminals have got their hands on a device that allows them to steal gasoline from fuel pumps without getting caught. Investigators are looking for two men spotted at a Marathon Oil Service Station in Detriot […]
In a joint operation, French police, the National Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations (DNRED) have shut down one of the largest illegal dark web marketplaces “Black Hand” known for selling drugs, weapons, databases, stolen banking data, and fake documents. According to a statement from the Minister of Public Action and Accounts, Mr. Gérald Darmanin on Saturday, authorities […]
Initial investigations showed the same inmates were found hacking prison’s computer system. Last year HackRead reported regarding the preliminary findings of investigations carried out by officials at ODRC (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction) in relation to a security breach of their computers and IT network since July 2015. At that time, it was revealed […]
On May 15th, 2018, a man from Allen city Texas was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material and other explicit content but little did authorities know the man kept a trove of 58 terabytes of child sexual abuse material related data – Yes, 58 terabytes. The 39-year-old Richard Belden kept the data in different electronic devices which […]
John Kelsey Gammell, a 46-year-old from New Mexico has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conducting sustained DDoS attacks (distributed denial of service) against his ex-employer Washburn Computer Group, a point-of-sale system repair company. Gammell was arrested and charged in November 2017 with hiring cyber attackers to perform DDoS attacks on the company’s cyberinfrastructure between July 2015 to September 2016 […]
The world-renowned carbonated soft drink producer Cola-Cola has announced that it has suffered a data breach in which personal data of 8,000 workers have been impacted. According to a security notice fromCoca-Cola, the breach was not a traditional one rather the company was informed by law enforcement authorities that a former employee at a Coca-Cola subsidiary was found […]
A Romanian cybercriminal has been sentenced to one year in US federal prison for conducting DDoS attacks on Blizzard’s World of Warcraft‘s European servers back in 2010. The 38-year-old Calin Mateias from Bucharest pleaded guilty in February this year to one count of intentional damage to a protected computer. Since pleading guilty, Mateias has paid $30,000 in restitution to Blizzard Entertainment. He was sentenced by United […]
Convict Ordered Contraband Cellphone and Mail Bomb from Dark Web to Kill Ex-Wife and Run Drug Business. Two Columbia S.C. residents Michael Young Jr. and Vance Volious Jr. have been convicted by Judge J. Michelle Childs for a number of crimes including conspiracy, exchanging explosives with the intent of killing someone, mailing a non-mailable explosive […]
VPN Logs Lead to Capturing of an Ex-PenAir Employee Who Hacked Into Company’s Internal Networks. A 59-year old US female has been arrested for hacking into her previous employer’s internal networks and creating havoc by sabotaging the day-to-day activities of the company, thanks to the VPN logs – The accused is a former employee of […]
A WhatsApp photo of drug dealer’s hand carrying ecstasy tablets allowed police to track down and bust a drug ring. A photo sent by 28-year-old drug dealer Elliott Morris through WhatsApp was used by authorities to identify his fingerprint. The case happened in Bridgend, South Wales in which the fingerprint helped the local police to compare the record of […]
In Southeast China, the police used facial recognition tech to locate and detain a suspect from among a crowd of over 60,000 people. The event was that of a pop concert by popular Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung while the fugitive was attending the show. The concert was being held in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. The […]
Backpage was once the second largest classified advertising site after Craigslist. The infamous classified advertising website Backpage along with its affiliate domains have been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Those visiting the website right now can see a banner notice uploaded by the United States government. The notice that is being currently displayed on […]
Believe it or not but in the US, police are now using fingerprints of dead suspects to unlock iPhones. Contrary to popular belief that law enforcement agencies only recently started using dead person fingerprints for unlocking iPhones, Forbes has reported that this has been going on for years. In its latest report, Forbes confirmed that […]
A British surgeon and consultant David Nott was just trying to help wounded Syrians in the war struck Aleppo region by giving out instructions using Skype and WhatsApp. Dr. Nott’s job was to remotely supervise doctors as they carried out surgeries in an underground medical facility namely M10 hospital. Unfortunately, on Oct 3, 2016, that […]
Hansa was once the second largest dark web marketplace after AlphaBay selling everything from illegal drugs to stolen databases, credit card information and malicious software. But then Dutch Police came in, secretly took control of Hansa domain days before seizing its domain and arrested its administrators, buyers, and sellers. The sudden bust shocked the customers as well as […]
Bitcoin is a kind of cryptocurrency which every user, hacker, and criminal wants to own. For this, some rightly invest funds while malicious elements go for cyrptojacking and criminals try to physically steal Bitcoin from others. 600 Bitcoin mining computers and equipment stolen in Iceland In the latest incident, 600 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency mining computers worth more […]