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Qakbot Cracked: FBI and Friends Hack the Hackers
Richi Jennings | | aresloader, Black Basta Ransomware, botnet, botnets, Department of Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, Duck Hunt, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, justice department, loaders, Pinkslipbot, Qakbot, qakbot malware, Qbot, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Justice Department, United States Department of Justice, US Department of Justice, US FBI
Operation Duck Hunt shoots to kill big botnet ...
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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections
BrianKrebs | | DOJ, Don Alway, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Latest Warnings, Martin Estrada, Qakbot, Qbot, Ransomware, The Coming Storm, U.S. Department of Justice
The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved ...
‘Hive’ Russian Ransomware Gang Shut Down by FBI, DoJ, Europol, Bundeskriminalamt, et al
Richi Jennings | | Bundeskriminalamt, Department of Justice, DOJ, Europol, FBI, Hive, HIVE Ransomware, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, website takedown, website takedowns
Law enforcement agencies from several countries got together and took down the site. They also worked to decrypt victims’ data ...
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Chinese Huawei ‘Spies’ Charged — FBI is Mad as Hell
Richi Jennings | | Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, FBI, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Huawei, SB Blogwatch, The only thing about this that surprises me is that they were blatant and clumsy enough to get caught
The Chinese government sent two spies to extract information about the U.S. case against Huawei. But they didn’t expect their contact to be a double agent ...
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The new DOJ Law Enforcement Crypto Reports (TL;DR)
TL;DR? Good news! I read them for you! On 15SEP2022, the Department of Justice released their report "The Role of Law Enforcement in Detecting, Investigating, and Prosecuting Criminal Activity Related to Digital Assets" ...
DoJ, FBI, IRS Make Empty Boast: SSNDOB ‘Seized’
Richi Jennings | | Cyprus, DOJ, FBI, Florida, Identity Theft, IRS, not the first time they just put a random seized photo on a domain then do a press release, SB Blogwatch, ssn, SSNDOB
Feds are gloating over their “seizure” of the notorious SSNDOB marketplace, which traded in stolen personal information. But the action seems too little, too late ...
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MAJOR Justice Dept. Breach — ‘Time for Drastic Measures’
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, Authentication, Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ, Doxbin, EPIC, Government Incompetence, It's pretty disgusting when GMail has better security than sensitive government databases, LEIA, MFA, NSS, SB Blogwatch
Criminals have access to Justice Department databases and can write fake data, as well as read highly sensitive info, we’re told ...
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Lichtenstein and Morgan: The Stolen Virtual Currency Laundry
If you’ve been scratching your head while you read about the money laundering escapades of Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan, let me assure you that you are not alone. The ...
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The Extradition of Vladislav Klyushin
As December 2021 came to a close, indicted and arrested Russian national Vladislav Klyushin was quietly extradited from Switzerland to the United States. A spokesperson for the Russian Embassy in Switzerland, Vladimir ...
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DoJ Launches Crypto Enforcement Team, Cyber-Fraud Initiative
Last week the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) took steps to crack down on ransomware with the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) and the launch of the department’s Civil ...
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