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Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web

16Aug

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Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web

A 27-year-old Russian national was given a sentence of more than three years in prison for selling login passwords, financial information, and other personally identifiable information (PII) on the Slilpp dark web marketplace, which is no longer in operation. Earlier in February, Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, of Moscow, Russia, entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Kavzharadze has been sentenced to 40 months in prison as well as $1,233,521.47 in compensation. It is estimated that between July 2016 and May 2021, the defendant—who also went by the online aliases TeRorPP, Torqovec, and PlutuSS—listed over 626,100 stolen login credentials for sale on Slilpp and sold over 297,300 of them on the black market.. Following that, those credentials ...

Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator

The creator and administrator of the LockBit ransomware operation, Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, has been identified by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA). Khoroshev has also received approval from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD) in the United Kingdom. Authorities have approximately 2,500 decryption keys, according to a press release from Europol, and they are still reaching out to LockBit victims to assist. A travel ban and asset freeze have also been imposed on Khoroshev, also known by the aliases LockBitSupp and putinkrab. The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for...

Ukrainian banks hit by pro-Russian NoName hackers

NoName, a hacktivist collective with ties to Russia, has recently launched a campaign against the war-torn nation that has persistently targeted the financial industry in Ukraine. The group said on their secret Telegram channel on June 27 that they will "start today's journey with an attack on Ukraine's financial sector." Nearly a dozen significant Ukrainian banks have been targeted everyday since the threat actors' directive four days ago employing the gang's favoured DDoS attack strategy. Targets include four of the biggest commercial banks in the country, including Credit Agricole Bank, Universal Bank, and State Savings Bank of Ukraine read more Ukrainian banks hit by pro-Russian NoName hackers. Stay one step ahead of cyber threats with ReconBee.com. Explore our comprehensi...