Cybercrime Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty in US Court Connor Riley Moucka was extradited to the United States in July 2025 after he was arrested in Canada. Eduard KovacsAugust 6, 2026
Cybercrime Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang Angelo Martino of Florida has pleaded guilty to collaborating with the BlackCat cybercrime group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Eduard KovacsApril 21, 2026
Cybercrime British Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in the US Tyler Buchanan admitted in court to hacking into various companies, defrauding them, and stealing cryptocurrency from multiple individuals. Ionut ArghireApril 20, 2026
Cybercrime Russian Ransomware Operator Pleads Guilty in US Evgenii Ptitsyn was extradited to the United States from South Korea in November 2024. Eduard KovacsMarch 5, 2026
Cybercrime Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State Network Catalin Dragomir admitted in a US court to selling access to an Oregon state government office’s network. Ionut ArghireFebruary 23, 2026
Cybercrime Jordanian Admits in US Court to Selling Access to 50 Enterprise Networks Operating as an access broker, the defendant sold unauthorized access to compromised networks to an undercover agent. Ionut ArghireJanuary 19, 2026
Ransomware Two US Cybersecurity Pros Plead Guilty Over Ransomware Attacks Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin have admitted being affiliates of the BlackCat/Alphv ransomware group. Eduard KovacsJanuary 2, 2026
Cybercrime Ukrainian Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty in US Artem Stryzhak pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud after he was extradited earlier this year. Eduard KovacsDecember 22, 2025
Data Breaches Third DraftKings Hacker Pleads Guilty Nathan Austad admitted in court to launching a credential stuffing attack against a fantasy sports and betting website. Ionut ArghireDecember 15, 2025
Cybercrime 5 Plead Guilty in US to Helping North Korean IT Workers Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, Alexander Paul Travis, Erick Ntekereze, and Oleksandr Didenko have pleaded guilty. Eduard KovacsNovember 17, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Former US Defense Contractor Executive Admits to Selling Exploits to Russia Peter Williams stole trade secrets from his US employer and sold them to a Russian cybersecurity tools broker. Ionut ArghireOctober 30, 2025
Cybercrime Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon Pleads Guilty Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to charges related to hacking into US telecommunications companies. Ionut ArghireJuly 16, 2025
Cybercrime Man Who Hacked Organizations to Advertise Security Services Pleads Guilty Nicholas Michael Kloster has pleaded guilty to computer hacking after targeting at least two organizations. Eduard KovacsJune 26, 2025
Cybercrime US Student to Plead Guilty Over PowerSchool Hack Matthew Lane allegedly hacked PowerSchool using stolen credentials and admitted to extorting a telecoms provider. Ionut ArghireMay 21, 2025
Cybercrime Man Helped Individuals in China Get Jobs Involving Sensitive US Government Projects Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong pleaded guilty to defrauding US companies of roughly $1 million in a fake IT worker scheme. Ionut ArghireApril 17, 2025
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
Cybercrime Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking SEC’s X Account Eric Council Jr. pleaded guilty to hacking the X (formerly Twitter) account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Ionut ArghireFebruary 11, 2025
Cybercrime Washington Man Admits to Role in Multiple Cybercrime, Fraud Schemes Marco Raquan Honesty has pleaded guilty to his roles in several fraud schemes, including smishing, identity theft, and bank account takeover. Ionut ArghireJanuary 20, 2025
Cybercrime Ukrainian Malware Operator Pleads Guilty in US Court Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky has pleaded guilty in a US court to operating the malware named Raccoon Infostealer. Eduard KovacsOctober 8, 2024