Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:15:44 +0000
Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were five convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:37:43 +0000
Aleksei Burkov, a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia’s most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov’s extradition to the U.S. for four years — even arresting and jailing an Israeli woman to force a prisoner swap. That effort failed: Burkov was sent to America, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine years in prison. But a little more than a year later, he was quietly released and deported back to Russia. Now some Republican lawmakers are asking why a Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” was allowed to shorten his stay.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:41:34 +0000
The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for “REvil,” a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said the actions were taken in response to a request from U.S. officials, but many experts believe the crackdown is part of an effort to reduce tensions over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to station 100,000 troops along the nation’s border with Ukraine.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:46 +0000
Aleksei Burkov, an ultra-connected Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” to Moscow, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to running a site that sold stolen payment card data and to administering a highly secretive crime forum that counted among its members some of the most elite Russian cybercrooks.
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Credit to Author: Emanuel Maiberg| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:37:35 +0000
Lawmakers released some ads purchased on Facebook and Instagram by Russian government-linked entities.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 03:59:49 +0000
I awoke this morning to find my account on Twitter (@briankrebs) had attracted almost 12,000 new followers overnight. Then I noticed I’d gained almost as many followers as the number of re-tweets (RTs) earned for a tweet I published on Tuesday. The tweet stated how every time I tweet something related to Russian President Vladimir Putin I […]
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Credit to Author: David Steen| Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000
I attempted to track Putin based on the fish, tree, and fungus species in his vacation photos.
Read moreCredit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:24:55 +0000
Vladimir Putin says “patriotic” Russian hackers may meddle in elections, but he’s just creating more noise. The post Don’t Buy Into Putin’s Latest Misdirection on Election Hacking appeared first on WIRED.
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