The Australian city of Perth is by some measures the world’s most isolated major metropolis, but is still sufficiently connected to US law enforcement authorities that the FBI was able to help Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) to find two men they believe were the masterminds of TeamPCP, a cybercrime crew that conducted prominent supply chain attacks.
According to the AFP, two men aged 21 and 23 arrested on Wednesday “were principal participants in the activities of the cybercrime syndicate and received payments in cryptocurrency for their roles in the illegal activity.”
Read more…
Source: The Register News
Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter
The latest cyber security news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Australia: Defence recalls cybersecurity coordinator Air Marshal Darren Goldie
November 14, 2023
The senior Air Force officer recently appointed as the National Cyber Security Coordinator has been recalled to Defence to deal with what the department describes as a “workplace matter”. The government said in a statement that Department of Home Affairs Deputy Secretary of Cyber and Infrastructure Security Hamish Hansford would act as National Cyber Security Coordinator ...
- Australia: Telcos required to report on cybersecurity measures in bid to prevent repeat of 2022 Optus hack
November 13, 2023
Australia’s telecommunications companies will be hit with new rules forcing them to update the federal government on their cybersecurity regimes, with the Home Affairs minister worried they have been left to manage their own affairs with limited oversight. Last year’s massive Optus cyber attack forced the issue into the public spotlight, fuelling serious concerns about the ...
- DP World Australia’s port operations hit by cyber attack
November 11, 2023
Global ports operator DP World Australia has restricted access to its ports as it works to contain a cyber security incident that is likely to disrupt the movement of goods for days. DP World Australia detected the incident and began responding on Friday, it said in a statement. DP World Australia, part of Dubai’s state-owned ports giant ...
- Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret
November 10, 2023
Optus has lost a bid in the federal court to keep secret a report on the cause of the 2022 cyber-attack – which resulted in the personal information of about 10 million customers being exposed – after a judge rejected the telco’s legal privilege claim. After the hack, the company announced in October last year that ...
- Step-by-step through the Money Message ransomware
October 30, 2023
In August 2023, the Sophos X-Ops Incident Response team was engaged to support an organization in Australia infected with Money Message ransomware. This attack vector, known for its stealth, does not append any file extensions to the encrypted data, making it harder for victims to identify the encrypted files simply by spotting such extensions. In ...
- Microsoft to help Australia’s cyber spies amid $5bn investment in cloud computing
October 23, 2023
Microsoft says it will invest an additional $5bn in Australia over the next two years to expand hyperscale cloud computing capacity while collaborating with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to boost domestic protection from cyber threats. Anthony Albanese confirmed the new investment on the opening day of his state visit to the United States during an ...