Syrian Electronic Army hacker sentenced to 42 months in US
Ahmad Umar Agha, known as Th3Pr0, was sentenced Thursday after more than a decade as a fugitive; accomplice Firas Dardar remains at large.
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DOJ seeks privacy ombudsman for a possible Character.AI chat sale
A bankruptcy filing says Character.AI has 12 million monthly users and an ambiguous policy that may allow chat histories to be sold.
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Syrian hacker Ahmad Umar Agha sentenced to 42 months in US
Prosecutors say he hit about 47 targets from 2011 to 2024, including a 2013 fake AP tweet that briefly erased $136 billion.
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Syrian Electronic Army hacker sentenced to 42 months
Ahmad Umar Agha, known as Th3Pr0, was jailed Thursday; co-defendant Firas Dardar remains a fugitive.
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US seizes Virtualine bulletproof hosting domain used by cybercriminals
TRM Labs says the provider took nearly one-fifth of tracked illicit bulletproof-hosting inflows in 2026, and the seizure may not kill the infrastructure.
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Nefilim and Hive affiliate Artem Stryzhak sentenced to 70 months
He pleaded guilty after extradition from Spain for attacks from 2018 through 2021; prosecutors still seek co-conspirator Volodymyr Tymoshchuk.
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Saudi OpenAI employee charged with bugging a San Francisco conference room
Prosecutors say he plugged a $13.90 SEEED board into a TV USB port, hid it in toilet paper, and queried ChatGPT on how to record.
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DOJ charges 28 in California voter-registration raids
Officials tie the cases to a 20,000-name subset of a DHS list of more than 190,000 alleged potential noncitizen registrants.
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North Korean IT Workers Used Stolen US Identities to Earn $3 Million
FBI raided Texas laptop farms as DOJ charged US facilitators of North Korean IT workers who earned $3 million from over 70 companies.
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U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud
U.S. prosecutors charged 14 people and seized laptop farms used in a North Korean remote IT-worker fraud scheme.
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FBI raids 40+ laptop farms helping North Korea pocket US tech salaries
FBI arrested two Americans and raided 40-plus laptop farms aiding North Korean IT-worker salary fraud.
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Alleged OpenAI spy vibe-coded a surveillance device using his wife's chatbot account
A former OpenAI engineer was arrested for allegedly planting a covert recorder designed with chatbot prompts.
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OpenAI engineer charged after boardroom bug found wrapped in toilet paper
DOJ charged an OpenAI engineer with planting a covert recorder in an executive conference room.
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Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of US companies
Prosecutors say North Korean IT workers infiltrated at least 70 U.S. companies using laptop farms and stolen identities.
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OpenAI engineer arrested for allegedly planting spy device in office
A Saudi OpenAI engineer was arrested for allegedly hiding a recorder in an executive conference room.
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DOJ charges 14 over a sprawling North Korean remote work scheme
DOJ charged 14 people for a North Korean remote-IT scheme that drew about $3 million from 70 U.S. employers.
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Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison
A former industrial-firm engineer was sentenced to 32 months for sabotaging systems and demanding about $750,000 in bitcoin.
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US Sentences Empire Market Co-Creator Over $430 Million Criminal Marketplace
A U.S. court sentenced Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton to 40 years over a $430 million dark-web market.
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FBI disrupts Flax Typhoon hacking tools used in global cyberattacks
FBI seized seven domains powering Flax Typhoon's Microscan and FishHub tools, used against U.S. and Taiwanese critical infrastructure and universities.
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Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence
Raheim Hamilton received a 40-year sentence for co-running Empire Market, which handled $430 million in dark-web sales.
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Leader of 764 pleads guilty, faces up to 30 years in prison
764 leader Prasan Nepal pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation conspiracy, facing up to 30 years.
Ransomware recovery CEO indicted after allegedly paying hackers and pocketing millions
Prosecutors indicted MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi for allegedly paying ransoms while charging clients over $19 million.
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DOJ charges ransomware recovery CEO for secretly paying hackers
DOJ charged MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi with wire fraud for secretly paying ransomware gangs.
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Co-Creator of Dark Web Marketplace “Empire Market” Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton was sentenced to 40 years over a $430 million dark-web market.
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