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Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2025

Law enforcement seized the carding marketplace BidenCash

U.S. and Dutch authorities took down 145 domains tied to the BidenCash cybercrime marketplace in a coordinated law enforcement operation. The US DoJ announced the seizure of approximately 145 darknet and clear web domains, and cryptocurrency funds associated with the BidenCash marketplace. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2025

Kosovo authorities extradited admin of the cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc

Kosovar citizen extradited to the US for running the cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc appeared in federal court facing related charges. Kosovo citizen Liridon Masurica (33) of Gjilan, was extradited to the US for running the cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc and appeared in federal court facing related charges. The online criminal marketplace BlackDB.cc has been active sunce 2018, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2024

Man pleads guilty to stealing over $37 Million worth of cryptocurrency

A man from Indiana pleaded guilty to stealing over $37M in cryptocurrency from 571 victims during a 2022 cyberattack. Evan Frederick Light, 21, of Lebanon, Indiana, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. In February 2022, Light participated in a cyber attack on an investment firm in Sioux […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2023

A man has been charged with a cyber attack on the Discovery Bay water treatment facility

A man from Tracy, California, has been charged with a computer attack on the Discovery Bay water treatment facility. Rambler Gallo (53), a man from Tracy (California) has been charged with intentionally causing damage to a computer after he allegedly breached the network of the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility. The man targeted the water […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2023

A Russian national charged for committing LockBit Ransomware attacks

DoJ charged a Russian national with conspiring to carry out LockBit ransomware attacks against U.S. and foreign businesses. The Justice Department announced charges against the Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov (20) for his role in numerous LockBit ransomware attacks against systems in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The US authorities arrested the man […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2023

Admin of the darknet carding platform Skynet Market pleads guilty

A US national has pleaded guilty to operating the carding site Skynet Market and selling financial information belonging to tens of thousands of US victims. The U.S. national Michael D. Mihalo, aka Dale Michael Mihalo Jr. and ggmccloud1, pleaded guilty to operating a carding site on the dark web called Skynet Market and selling financial […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2023

Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Andrey Shevlyakov, an Estonian national, was charged in the US with conspiracy and other charges related to acquiring U.S.-made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. The defendant was arrested in Estonia on […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2023

Russian national pleads guilty to money laundering linked to Ryuk Ransomware operation

A Russian national pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges linked to the Ryuk ransomware operation. On February 7, 2023, Russian national Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov (30) pleaded guilty in the U.S. to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, was arrested in Amsterdam in November […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2022

Man charged for role in LockBit ransomware operation

The U.S. DoJ charged a Russian-Canadian national for his alleged role in LockBit ransomware attacks against organizations worldwide. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Mikhail Vasiliev, a dual Russian and Canadian national, for his alleged participation in the LockBit ransomware operation. According to the press release published by DoJ, the man is currently in custody in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2022

Ex-Canadian government employee admits to being a member of the Russian cybercrime gang NetWalker

A former Canadian government IT worker admitted to being a high-level member of the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. A former Canadian government employee, Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, pleaded guilty in the U.S. to charges related to his involvement with the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. In March, the man was extradited to the United States to face charges […]

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Law enforcement seized the carding marketplace BidenCash

Kosovo authorities extradited admin of the cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc

Man pleads guilty to stealing over $37 Million worth of cryptocurrency

A man has been charged with a cyber attack on the Discovery Bay water treatment facility

A Russian national charged for committing LockBit Ransomware attacks

Admin of the darknet carding platform Skynet Market pleads guilty

Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Russian national pleads guilty to money laundering linked to Ryuk Ransomware operation

Man charged for role in LockBit ransomware operation

Ex-Canadian government employee admits to being a member of the Russian cybercrime gang NetWalker

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