The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/cybercrime/)
Sexual predators and other bad actors have found an easy access point into young people’s lives, meeting them online through multiplayer video games and chat apps, making virtual connections right in their victims’ homes.
Maksim Yakubets, 32, known as “Aqua,” and Igor Turashev, 38, known as “Enki,” were described by federal authorities as the “most prolific cyber criminals in the world.” They live in Russia and are unlikely to be arrested.
Researchers discovered a serious vulnerability affecting Google and Samsung smartphones, with the potential to impact hundreds of millions of Android users as hackers could access the phones.
A man has been sentenced to a 151-month prison term in a case that highlights the shift of illegal drug dealing to the “Dark Web.” Fentanyl and other powerful narcotics were purchased with bitcoin.
TrialWorks, a Coral Gables-based firm that manages legal case management software for law firms, says it has “disinfected” its system since the Oct. 13 attack. According to the FBI, such targeted, high-impact disruptions against businesses are a growing threat.
The security of presidential campaigns is questioned after Microsoft recently reported that Iran attempted a “highly motivated” hack of a U.S. presidential campaign.
Cybersecurity experts say the Justice Department’s new focus on child exploitation as a reason to oppose strong encryption as misleading. They worry it could lead the U.S. to compromise security for all consumers.
This week three Alabama hospitals were forced to turn away “all but the most-critical new patients” after a ransomware attack infected their computers as the FBI warned that these attacks are growing more sophisticated and costly.
The recent arrest of a 19-year-old UK man who was charged with stealing unfinished songs from the websites of prominent musicians and selling the work for Bitcoin has drawn new attention to the vulnerability of artists to predatory hackers.
The guilty plea of Andrei Tyurin, accused of the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history is seen as a victory in America’s legal struggle to arrest and try Russian cybercriminals.