https://www.crime-research.org/news/ Daily news about computer crime, internet fraud and cyber security. en-us https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/chinese-national-extradited-cambodia-crypto-scam-laundering/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/chinese-national-extradited-cambodia-crypto-scam-laundering/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:10:00 GMT Zheng Zhao was arraigned in California on a money laundering conspiracy charge tied to a scam network that defrauded 174 US victims of more than $36.9 million. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/china-linked-storm-0940-connectwise-cloud-backup-supply-chain-attack/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/china-linked-storm-0940-connectwise-cloud-backup-supply-chain-attack/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:05:00 GMT Microsoft says a China-linked actor used an agentic AI pentest tool and stolen ConnectWise application credentials to target over 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/cisa-fbi-safepay-ransomware-600-critical-infrastructure-victims/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/cisa-fbi-safepay-ransomware-600-critical-infrastructure-victims/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A joint US, German and UK advisory says the SafePay ransomware group has compromised at least 600 critical infrastructure victims since August 2024. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/burger-king-japan-data-breach-11-million-app-members/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/burger-king-japan-data-breach-11-million-app-members/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Attackers accessed Burger King Japan's membership system in early October, exposing names, emails and phone numbers of about 11.18 million app users. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/uk-sanctions-cryptomus-russia-crypto-payments/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/uk-sanctions-cryptomus-russia-crypto-payments/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The UK has frozen the assets of crypto payment processor Cryptomus and listed related payment firms, citing support for the Russian government. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/microsoft-disrupts-chinese-language-phishing-kit-ecosystem/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/microsoft-disrupts-chinese-language-phishing-kit-ecosystem/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit and partners disrupted YAM Store and three phishing kits blamed for over one billion lures aimed at 75,000 organizations. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/north-korean-remote-it-worker-scheme-14-indicted/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/north-korean-remote-it-worker-scheme-14-indicted/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT US prosecutors unsealed an indictment against 14 people accused of helping North Korean workers get remote IT jobs through US-based laptop farms. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/fbi-disrupts-flax-typhoon-hacking-tools/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/fbi-disrupts-flax-typhoon-hacking-tools/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The FBI seized seven domains supporting hacking tools tied to the China-linked Flax Typhoon group, as CISA set a short patch deadline for federal agencies. https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/qilin-ransomware-member-arrested-extradited-germany/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/2026/10/qilin-ransomware-member-arrested-extradited-germany/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT German authorities took custody of a Russian national suspected of being a senior Qilin ransomware operative following his extradition from Japan. https://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2026/shinyhunters-suspect-rey-detained-jordan-fbi/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2026/shinyhunters-suspect-rey-detained-jordan-fbi/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:10:00 GMT A suspect tied to the ShinyHunters extortion collective was detained in Jordan and is reportedly helping the FBI identify other members. https://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2026/warlock-ransomware-sharepoint-critical-infrastructure/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2026/warlock-ransomware-sharepoint-critical-infrastructure/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:05:00 GMT A China-based ransomware group is exploiting Microsoft SharePoint flaws to hit water, telecom and government networks across Latin America and Iberia. https://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2026/killsec-ransomware-teen-leader-arrested-operation-killswitch/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2026/killsec-ransomware-teen-leader-arrested-operation-killswitch/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT International police seized KillSec's leak site and servers and arrested a 16-year-old alleged ringleader plus two other suspected members. https://www.crime-research.org/news/28.09.2026/us-soldier-sentenced-att-verizon-extortion/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/28.09.2026/us-soldier-sentenced-att-verizon-extortion/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:10:00 GMT Cameron Wagenius, known online as 'Kiberphant0m,' was sentenced for stealing call records from over 100 million AT&T customers and extorting telecom firms. https://www.crime-research.org/news/28.09.2026/microsoft-takes-down-eviltokens-phishing-service/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/28.09.2026/microsoft-takes-down-eviltokens-phishing-service/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:05:00 GMT A court-authorized takedown disrupted the EvilTokens device-code phishing platform, which used AI throughout its attack chain against organizations worldwide. https://www.crime-research.org/news/28.09.2026/bitget-hack-north-korean-hackers-steal-350-million/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/28.09.2026/bitget-hack-north-korean-hackers-steal-350-million/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget says attackers linked to North Korea's TraderTraitor group breached backend wallet infrastructure to steal hundreds of millions in crypto. https://www.crime-research.org/news/22.09.2026/gyazo-data-breach-23-million-records/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/22.09.2026/gyazo-data-breach-23-million-records/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:10:00 GMT Gyazo, a widely used screenshot-sharing platform, took its service offline after attackers exploited a server flaw to steal tens of millions of records. https://www.crime-research.org/news/22.09.2026/fbi-seizes-nightmarestresser-ddos-for-hire/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/22.09.2026/fbi-seizes-nightmarestresser-ddos-for-hire/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:05:00 GMT US authorities took down the NightmareStresser booter service, used since 2022 to launch hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks worldwide. https://www.crime-research.org/news/22.09.2026/north-korea-waterplum-30000-devices-crypto-theft/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/22.09.2026/north-korea-waterplum-30000-devices-crypto-theft/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT US, Japanese, Australian, and German authorities detail how North Korea's WaterPlum hackers used fake job interviews to steal cryptocurrency worldwide. https://www.crime-research.org/news/17.09.2026/vmware-vcenter-flaw-exploited-ransomware-gangs/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/17.09.2026/vmware-vcenter-flaw-exploited-ransomware-gangs/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:10:00 GMT CISA updates its exploited-vulnerabilities catalog to flag a critical VMware vCenter bug, patched in July, as now abused in ransomware attacks. https://www.crime-research.org/news/17.09.2026/centerpoint-energy-data-breach-7-million-records/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/17.09.2026/centerpoint-energy-data-breach-7-million-records/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:05:00 GMT Texas utility CenterPoint Energy confirms customer data was stolen after a threat actor leaked records it says were pulled from an unprotected API. https://www.crime-research.org/news/17.09.2026/black-axe-leaders-extradited-to-us-cybercrime-charges/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/17.09.2026/black-axe-leaders-extradited-to-us-cybercrime-charges/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT US prosecutors charge five suspected Black Axe leaders extradited from South Africa over a decade-long romance scam and money-laundering scheme. https://www.crime-research.org/news/07.09.2026/blockchain-clickfix-campaign-5400-hacked-websites/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/07.09.2026/blockchain-clickfix-campaign-5400-hacked-websites/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:30:00 GMT Researchers found over 5,400 compromised sites serving ClickFix malware payloads hidden in BNB Smart Chain smart contracts, resisting takedown efforts. https://www.crime-research.org/news/07.09.2026/thomson-reuters-court-software-breach-exposes-sealed-records/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/07.09.2026/thomson-reuters-court-software-breach-exposes-sealed-records/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:15:00 GMT A breach at Thomson Reuters' C-Track court software may have exposed Social Security numbers and sealed case data across 11 U.S. states and Canada. https://www.crime-research.org/news/07.09.2026/idscan-breach-153-million-drivers-licenses-fbi-investigation/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/07.09.2026/idscan-breach-153-million-drivers-licenses-fbi-investigation/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A dark-web service called Nexus advertised scans of 153M+ driver's licenses traced to identity-verification firm IDScan, prompting an FBI probe and lawsuits. https://www.crime-research.org/news/31.08.2026/berlin-refuses-to-pay-hackers-state-network-extortion/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/31.08.2026/berlin-refuses-to-pay-hackers-state-network-extortion/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:10:00 GMT Berlin confirmed an extortion attempt tied to an August breach of its state administrative network and said it will not pay the attackers' demand. https://www.crime-research.org/news/31.08.2026/two-alleged-teampcp-hackers-arrested-in-australia/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/31.08.2026/two-alleged-teampcp-hackers-arrested-in-australia/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:05:00 GMT The Australian Federal Police arrested two Perth men accused of running the TeamPCP software supply-chain extortion operation tied to the Shai-Hulud worm. https://www.crime-research.org/news/31.08.2026/mckesson-breach-shinyhunters-284-million-patient-records/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/31.08.2026/mckesson-breach-shinyhunters-284-million-patient-records/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Healthcare distributor McKesson confirms a cybersecurity incident after the ShinyHunters group claimed to have stolen roughly 284 million patient-related data records. https://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2026/9300-leaked-aws-keys-corporate-accounts/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2026/9300-leaked-aws-keys-corporate-accounts/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT Truffle Security found thousands of exposed AWS keys, many years old and never rotated, still granting administrator access to company cloud accounts. https://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2026/ai-generated-exploits-siemens-s7-plc-critical-infrastructure/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2026/ai-generated-exploits-siemens-s7-plc-critical-infrastructure/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:15:00 GMT CISA, NSA, FBI and DOE warn of an active campaign using AI-generated scripts to probe and manipulate Siemens S7 industrial controllers. https://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2026/tiktok-400-million-doj-settlement-child-privacy/ https://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2026/tiktok-400-million-doj-settlement-child-privacy/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT DOJ settlement resolves claims TikTok let millions of children under 13 use adult accounts and collected their data without parental consent.