Cybertruck driver used ChatGPT to plan Las Vegas attack

Police found a six-page manifesto on Matthew Livelsberger’s phone and said he used ChatGPT to plan his New Year’s Day bombing at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference Tuesday. A few Read More …

U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by Read More …

UN General Assembly adopts milestone cybercrime treaty

The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats. The agreement on the legally binding treaty marked the culmination Read More …

‘NetWalker’ Ransomware Attacker Gets 20 Years in Prison

Romanian national Daniel Christian Hulea pleaded guilty to computer fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy. NetWalker ransomware attacks often targeted the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The attacker obtained nearly 1,600 Bitcoin ransomware payments as a result of his Read More …

Beware Feb. 3, 2025 – Diabolic Ransomware Gang Issues New Attack Warning

If you thought law enforcement had not only disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation, alongside trolling the criminal gang behind it but taken it out of business altogether, then you are likely in for a shock: LockBitSupp, the group’s alleged leader, Read More …

Third member of LockBit ransomware gang has been arrested

U.S. prosecutors in New Jersey on Friday publicly announced charges against Rostislav Panev, 51, a dual Russian-Israeli national accused of being a key developer in the LockBit ransomware gang. Panev is currently in Israeli custody and faces extradition to the Read More …

How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down – a timeline

A ransomware attack earlier this year on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the largest data breaches of U.S. health and medical data in history. Months after the February data breach, a “substantial proportion of Read More …

Europol spearheads largest referral action against online hate speech

Europol has supported 18 European law enforcement agencies in the 2024 Referral Action Day (RAD) on hate speech and incitement to violence targeting ethnoreligious groups. Spanish and Hungarian authorities led the action, which resulted in a record number of online Read More …

Six arrested in South Thailand for call centre scams and firearms

Police apprehended six people suspected of being involved in call centre scams and the illegal trade of firearms. The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) announced the arrest on Tuesday, December 10, indicating possible connections between the suspects and insurgency financing Read More …