Cybercrime Suspected Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty A 20-year-old arrested last year and charged alongside others believed to be members of Scattered Spider has pleaded guilty. Eduard KovacsApril 7, 2025
Cloud Security Oracle Denies Cloud Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Data Oracle has denied that Cloud systems have been breached after a hacker claimed to have stolen millions of records. Eduard KovacsMarch 24, 2025
Cybercrime Former NFL, Michigan Assistant Coach Matt Weiss Charged With Hacking for Athletes’ Intimate Photos Former NFL and University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss hacked into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes seeking intimate photos... Associated PressMarch 21, 2025
Cybercrime Hacker Behind Over 90 Data Leaks Arrested in Thailand A Singaporean man accused of being a hacker responsible for over 90 data leaks has been arrested in Thailand. Eduard KovacsFebruary 27, 2025
Cybercrime Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Hacking, $37 Million Crypto Theft Evan Light was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for hacking an investment holdings company and stealing $37 million in cryptocurrency. Ionut ArghireFebruary 10, 2025
Data Breaches HPE Investigating Breach Claims After Hacker Offers to Sell Data HPE is investigating claims by the hacker IntelBroker, who is offering to sell source code and other data allegedly stolen from the tech giant. Eduard KovacsJanuary 20, 2025
Hacker Conversations Hacker Conversations: Dan McInerney and Puzzle-Driven Hacking McInerney’s path to becoming a hacker is subtly different to many other hackers. He started as a 22-year old psychology graduate rather than a... Kevin TownsendDecember 3, 2024
Cybercrime Man Who Stole and Laundered Roughly $1B in Bitcoin Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Associated PressNovember 15, 2024
Vulnerabilities AI and Hardware Hacking on the Rise Bugcrowd’s Inside the Mind of a Hacker report surveys the thoughts of one of the world’s largest hacker communities. Kevin TownsendOctober 21, 2024
Cybercrime Brazilian Police Arrest Notorious Hacker USDoD Brazil’s Federal Police announced the arrest of a hacker whose description matches that of the notorious leaker USDoD. Eduard KovacsOctober 17, 2024
Cybercrime Identity of Notorious Hacker USDoD Revealed USDoD, the hacker known for high-profile data leaks, is a man from Brazil, according to CrowdStrike and others. Eduard KovacsAugust 27, 2024