Scattered Spider Suspect Extradited After $8M Jewelry Hack
19-year-old Peter Stokes extradited from Finland to face U.S. charges for alleged role in Scattered Spider operations including an $8 million jewelry retailer breach.
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19-year-old Peter Stokes extradited from Finland to face U.S. charges for alleged role in Scattered Spider operations including an $8 million jewelry retailer breach.
Two UK teenagers plead guilty to the September 2024 TfL breach that exposed 10 million commuters and forced 28,000 employees to reset passwords in person.
Ukrainian national Oleksii Lytvynenko admits to developing loader malware for the Conti ransomware gang after extradition from Ireland. Sentencing set for September 2026.
FBI IC3 2025 report reveals record $20.9 billion in cybercrime losses. Investment fraud tops $8.6B, cryptocurrency scams reach $11.4B, and ransomware losses surge 259%.
Aleksei Volkov sentenced to nearly 7 years for selling network access to ransomware gangs. Facilitated dozens of attacks causing over $9 million in losses to US organizations.
Global law enforcement operation spanning 72 countries arrests 94 cybercriminals and dismantles 45,000 malicious IPs tied to phishing, ransomware, and fraud networks.
Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin pleaded guilty to deploying ALPHV BlackCat ransomware while working in incident response and negotiation roles. Sentencing set for March 12.
WormGPT database allegedly leaked on dark web forums, exposing emails, payment data, and subscription details of cybercriminals using the service.
A backup misconfiguration led to the exposure of nearly 324,000 user records from the notorious hacking forum, including usernames, hashed passwords, and IP addresses.
Coordinated takedown seizes cybercrime service that enabled 191,000 account compromises. Operation marks Microsoft's 35th action against criminal infrastructure.
A Sygnia IR manager and DigitalMint negotiator admitted to deploying BlackCat ransomware while employed to help victims respond to such attacks.