DISH slapped with multiple lawsuits after ransomware cyber attack
Dish Network has been slapped with multiple class action lawsuits after it suffered a ransomware incident that was behind the company’s multi-day “network outage.” The legal actions aim to recover losses faced by DISH investors who were adversely affected by what has been dubbed a “securities fraud.” […]
Russian hacker convicted of $90 million hack-to-trade charges
Russian national Vladislav Klyushin was found guilty of participating in a global scheme that involved hacking into U.S. computer networks to steal confidential earnings reports, which helped the criminals net $90,000,000 in illegal profits. […]
Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty to trying to extort his employer
Nickolas Sharp, a former Ubiquiti employee who managed the networking device maker’s cloud team, pled guilty today to stealing gigabytes worth of files from Ubiquiti’s network and trying to extort his employer while posing as an anonymous hacker and a whistleblower. […]
Woman gets 66 months in prison for role in $3.3 million ID fraud op
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have announced today that a 24-year-old woman from Melbourne, arrested in 2019 for her role in large-scale, cyber-enabled identity theft crimes, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. […]
Suspects arrested for hacking US networks to steal employee data
Four men suspected of hacking into US networks to steal employee data for identity theft and the filing of fraudulent US tax returns have been arrested in London, UK, and Malmo, Sweden, at the request of the U.S. law enforcement authorities. […]