Fraud & Identity Theft Two Nigerians Sentenced to Prison in US for BEC Fraud Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna and Ebuka Raphael Umeti were sentenced to prison in the US for business email compromise (BEC) fraud. Ionut ArghireSeptember 5, 2024
Cybercrime Russian Sentenced to Prison in US for Selling Stolen Information Georgy Kavzharadze was sentenced to prison in the US for selling stolen financial, login, and personal information on an online cybercriminal marketplace. Ionut ArghireAugust 15, 2024
Malware & Threats Ukrainian Sentenced to Prison in US for Role in Zeus, IcedID Malware Operations Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations. Ionut ArghireJuly 15, 2024
Cybercrime Ukrainian REvil Ransomware Affiliate Gets 13 Years in US Prison Yaroslav Vasinskyi was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison for his alleged role in the REvil ransomware operation. Ionut ArghireMay 3, 2024
Cybercrime Former Security Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Crypto Exchanges Former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to prison for hacking and defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges. Ionut ArghireApril 15, 2024
Cybercrime Moldovan Operator of Credential Marketplace Sentenced to US Prison Sandu Diaconu has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating a marketplace for compromised credentials. Ionut ArghireMarch 18, 2024
Cybercrime LockBit Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced to Prison in Canada Mikhail Vasiliev was sentenced to prison in Canada and faces additional charges in the US for his role in the LockBit ransomware operation. Ionut ArghireMarch 13, 2024
Cybercrime JFK Airport Taxi Hackers Sentenced to Prison Two individuals involved in hacking the taxi dispatch system at JFK airport have been sentenced to prison. Eduard KovacsFebruary 13, 2024
Cybercrime DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Joseph Garrison has received an 18-month prison sentence for accessing 60,000 DraftKings user accounts using credential stuffing. Ionut ArghireFebruary 2, 2024
Government Ex-CIA Computer Engineer Gets 40 Years in Prison for Giving Spy Agency Hacking Secrets to WikiLeaks Former CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years in prison for biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and for possession of child... Associated PressFebruary 2, 2024
Ransomware Canadian Man Sentenced to Prison for Ransomware Attacks Matthew Philbert was sentenced to two years for launching cyberattacks on Canadian businesses and government entities. Ionut ArghireJanuary 29, 2024
Cybercrime Russian TrickBot Malware Developer Sentenced to Prison in US Vladimir Dunaev sentenced to 5 years in prison after admitting to participating in the development and distribution of the TrickBot malware. Ionut ArghireJanuary 26, 2024