Categories: News Tags: Data theft Tags: refine Tags: extortion Tags: blackmail Tags: money laundering Dutch police have arrested three men who stole data belonging to almost every Dutch and Austrian citizen. |
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:02:05 +0000
Undercover Austrian “controlled data buy” leads to Amsterdam arrest and ongoing investigation. Suspect is said to steal and sell all sorts of data, including medical records.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:51:20 +0000
If you live in the UK and hadn’t yet heard of cryptocoin ATMs… it’s too late now!
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:45:49 +0000
The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wxaX5m7CMuw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:21:30 +0000
Organizations were attacked for employees’ data, including names, addresses and birthdates used to set up hundreds of bank accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fdxyW-Y19KM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:31:00 +0000
Cardplanet offered refunds on invalid card data, along with a card checking service that ensured a stolen card was still valid.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/u1COzi9wu6w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:46:09 +0000
A lawyer who boasted of making “50 by 50″ – as in, $50m by the age of 50 – is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ECTL_dfr8-k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:53:51 +0000
Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange’s “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LnDwGsb6p10″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:00:44 +0000
The Marshall Islands is facing rising seas and financial isolation. But critics say their get-rich-quick cryptocurrency scheme won’t work.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LvYhpd-UdBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:04:45 +0000
The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6Wnqyl2R-08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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