An ongoing international effort against cybercrime operators announced a massive takedown of ransomware networks.A collection of agencies, including Europol, the FBI and the Department of Justice, announced they conducted a seizure of domains and servers from several groups specializing in ransomware scams.In total, the agencies said they seized 300 servers and knocked 650 domains offline. … Read more
Swara Patel, local SCUBAnaut volunteer cleans out watergoat in Anclote River, Pasco County. Image by Swara Patel. To ensure volunteer safety and effectiveness, Operation TRAP offers a free, 45-minute training that covers site safety, access procedures, and data collection protocols. Volunteers help clean out, organize, and analyze the amount of litter captured by our interceptor … Read more
An international cybercrime operation was traced back to an unlikely source: a warlord controlling a remote part of Myanmar.The U.S. Department of Treasury said it believed Saw Chit Thu and his sons Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chi were using their control over the Karen region of Myanmar bordering Thailand to operate a hub for … Read more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed criminal charges against two Russian nationals, alleged to have operated a cybercrime gang that used ransomware to target over 1000 American organisations. Roman Berezhnoy and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, 33 and 39 years old respectively, are alleged to have extorted over US $16 million in ransom payments using … Read more
Feb 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are now greeted with a seizure banner that says: “This hidden site and the criminal content have been … Read more