Nov 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The 36-year-old founder of the Bitcoin Fog cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for facilitating money laundering activities between 2011 and 2021. Roman Sterlingov, a dual Russian-Swedish national, pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering and operating an unlicensed … [Read more...] about Bitcoin Fog Founder Sentenced to 12 Years for Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
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Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions
Oct 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances where cybercriminals from the country have been convicted of hacking and money laundering charges. Russian news publication Kommersant reported that a court in St. Petersburg … [Read more...] about Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions
British LAPSUS$ Teen Members Sentenced for High-Profile Attacks
Dec 24, 2023NewsroomCyber Crime / Data Breach Two British teens part of the LAPSUS$ cyber crime and extortion gang have been sentenced for their roles in orchestrating a string of high-profile attacks against a number of companies. Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old from Oxford, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order due to his intent to get back to cybercrime "as soon … [Read more...] about British LAPSUS$ Teen Members Sentenced for High-Profile Attacks
New York Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Transnational Cybercrime Scheme
A 37-year-old man from New York has been sentenced to four years in prison for buying stolen credit card information and working in cahoots with a cybercrime cartel known as the Infraud Organization. John Telusma, who went by the alias "Peterelliot," pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy on October 13, 2021. He joined the gang in August 2011 and remained a … [Read more...] about New York Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Transnational Cybercrime Scheme
Russian Who Hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
A Russian hacker who was found guilty of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring over eight years ago has finally been sentenced to 88 months in United States prison, that's more than seven years by a federal court in San Francisco this week. Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, 32, of Moscow hacked into servers belonging to three American social media firms, including LinkedIn, … [Read more...] about Russian Who Hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
‘Satori’ IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison
The United States Department of Justice yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old Washington-based hacker to 13 months in federal prison for his role in creating botnet malware, infecting a large number of systems with it, and then abusing those systems to carry out large scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against various online service and targets.According to court … [Read more...] about ‘Satori’ IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison
Silk Road Admin Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges
An Irish national has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators who helped run now-defunct dark web marketplace "Silk Road."Gary Davis, 31, of Wicklow, Ireland, was known as 'Libertas' on the Silk Road website, then-largest underground black marketplace on the Internet used by thousands of people to buy and sell drugs … [Read more...] about Silk Road Admin Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Jail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks—for almost a year—in prison by a London court for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy for nearly 7 years.The 47-year-old Assange was arrested last month by London's Metropolitan Police Service after the Ecuadorian government suddenly withdrew his political asylum.Within … [Read more...] about WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Jail