Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL).
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Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker Extradited to US
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Peter Stokes was a member of Scattered Spider, the hacking group linked to more than 100 network intrusions and over $100 million in ransom payments.
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Google, FBI Disrupt NetNut Residential Proxy Network Powered by Millions of Devices
NetNut rented access to millions of compromised devices, allowing cybercriminals and nation-state actors to mask their identities during attacks.
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Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History
The ruling was made in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.
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Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces
26-year-old Abdellah Belmili faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly operating the marketplaces Market0Day and Spoxy.
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15,000 WordPress Websites Cleaned Up in SocGholish Botnet Takedown
Law enforcement and private partners took down 106 SocGholish C&C servers and domains as part of Operation Endgame.
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Over 1.4 Million Accounts Disrupted in Cybercrime Crackdown
Law enforcement and tech companies disrupted infrastructure linked to scammers operating across Southeast Asia.
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Dutch Police Dismantle Massive 17-Million-Device Botnet
Dutch authorities seized command-and-control servers tied to a botnet of infected computers, smartphones, and tablets that was allegedly used to power a residential proxy network and facilitate cybercrime.
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FBI: Hackers Sending Operatives in Person to Insert USB Drives and Steal Data
The FBI has issued an alert warning of Silent Ransom Group attacks targeting law firms.
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Admins of Bulletproof Hosting Service Used by Russian Hackers Arrested in Netherlands
The two own Dutch companies that allegedly provided bulletproof hosting services to Russia-aligned threat actors.
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