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The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest ever crime
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/vastaamo-hack-finland-therapy-notes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656045...
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The Uncomfortable Truth: We Celebrate When the 'Right' Criminals Get Hacked
When BreachForums, one of the internet's most notorious criminal marketplaces, had its own user database leaked this week, something revealing happened in cyber...
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The Cybersecurity Industry's Insider Threat Problem Isn't About Background Checks
Insider Threats in Cybersecurity: A Systemic Problem Two veteran cybersecurity professionals just pleaded guilty to participating in ransomware attacks against...
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Security news weekly round-up - 2nd January 2026
LinkedIn Job Scam – Global Threat When your instincts tell you that a job posting might be a scam, trust them and walk away. Falling for the bait can result in...
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The Fox Guarding the Henhouse: How Cybersecurity's Business Model Creates Its Own Worst Nightmare
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U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks
Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/u-s-cybersecurity-experts-plead-guilty-for-ransomware-attacks-face-20-years-in-prison-eac...
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Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks
Two former employees at cybersecurity firms - one of whom was a ransomware negotiator - have pleaded guilty to carrying out a series of ransomware attacks in 20...
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U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks, face 20 years in prison each — group demanded up to $10 million from each victim
Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for deploying ransomware against several victims. The perpetrators...
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FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft — $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects
The FBI has published a public wanted notice naming four individuals accused of operating as fraudulent remote IT workers on behalf of North Korea....
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Interpol-led cybercrime crackdown results in 574 arrests in 19 African nations, decrypts six ransomware variants — Operation Sentinel disrupts rings that caused $21 million in losses, recovers $3 million
Conducted between late October and November, Operation Sentinel saw international law enforcement agencies shut down cybercrime infrastructure, decrypt ransomwa...
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Chinese Crypto Scammers on Telegram Are Fueling the Biggest Darknet Markets Ever
Online black markets once lurked in the shadows of the dark web. Today, they’ve moved onto public platforms like Telegram—and are racking up historic illicit fo...
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FBI Warns of Fake Video Scams
The FBI is warning of AI-assisted fake kidnapping scams: Criminal actors typically will contact their victims through text message claiming they have kidnapped...