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The FBI is doing another victory dance after arresting someone they allege assisted ShinyHunters with the FBI Jobs attack. Brian Krebs reports: Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI……
DataBreaches.net
The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers.
SecurityWeek
Japan helped extradite a Russian suspect linked to Qilin ransomware to Germany, but the gang continued attacking victims after his arrest. Germany has arrested a Russian national believed to be a leading figure in the Qilin ransomware group, and Japan’s National Police Agency just put its own role in that arrest on the record. The…
Security Affairs
Japan’s National Police Agency confirmed the arrest and extradition to Germany of a Russian national accused of being involved in the Qilin ransomware gang.
The Record
The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a post on X. ShinyHunters is the extortion group that said in September it had breached the FBI’s jobs portal and stolen sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and job applicants. The FBI has not named…
The Hacker News
The FBI has arrested another suspected member of the ShinyHunters extortion group believed to be involved in the recent breach of FBI systems, Director Kash Patel announced Friday.
BleepingComputer
Oleg Korniev, a 42-year-old dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia, was a principal of Your Mule Cashout, or “YMCO,” which from 2007 until 2014 set up a sophisticated network of mules in the U.S. and Europe.
The Record
“We will continue to work closely with our partners to disrupt what’s left of the ShinyHunters group and their associates, no matter where they operate,” FBI Director Kash Patel said.
The Record
Germany has arrested a Russian national suspected of being a leading member of the Qilin ransomware group following extradition from Japan earlier this month.
BleepingComputer
Zohar Pinhasi stands accused of duping distressed ransomware victims by offering fake cyber services that he could not provide.
Computer Weekly
Four more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure its routers are and how separate it is from China. TP-Link denies the claims and says it…
The Hacker News
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
WIRED