Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 01:20:05 +0000

In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a series of six-figure cyberheists across dozens of victims resulted from thieves cracking master passwords stolen from the password manager service LastPass in 2022. In a court filing this week, U.S. federal agents investigating a spectacular $150 million cryptocurrency heist said they had reached the same conclusion.

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Lamborghini Carjackers Lured by $243M Cyberheist

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:36:27 +0000

The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August were carjacked a week later, while out house-hunting in a brand new Lamborghini. Prosecutors say the couple was beaten and briefly kidnapped by six young men who traveled from Florida as part of a botched plan to hold the parents for ransom.

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