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Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs

Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs

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The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week's epic hack against Twitter. These individuals ...
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Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Pleads Guilty

Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Pleads Guilty

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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 ...
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Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

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The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network ...
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