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Washington (AFP) - A Ukrainian man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in Texas on Wednesday for his role in ransomware attacks by the notorious Russia-based REvil hacking group, the US Justice Department said. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 24, who was extradited to the United States from Poland in 2022, pleaded guilty that same year to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering and damaging protected computers. Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for his involvement in more than 2...
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Wine and spirit distribution in Sweden has been disrupted after a logistics company was reportedly the victim of a ransomware attack. The company, Skanlog, works with Sweden’s alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget and the incident has disrupted supplies. All alcoholic beverages risk being affected by the attack throughout the country, which means consumers may have a smaller selection to choose from for a short period, Systembolaget wrote in a press release. For customers who have ordered items impacted by the supply disruption, the orders are being cancelled. “It affects about 15% of our sale...
Euronews (English)
Cybercrime-Ermittler aus Bayern haben den mutmaßlichen Kopf einer international agierenden Bande von Anlagebetrügern angeklagt. Der 45-Jährige soll zwischen 2017 und 2019 als Rädelsführer für den Betrieb einer Reihe von Internetplattformen und Callcentern verantwortlich gewesen sein, wie die Zentralstelle Cybercrime Bayern bei der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bamberg am Freitag mitteilte. Die Gruppe soll sich mit Online-Handelsplattformen an Privatanleger in ganz Europa gerichtet und über Callcenter Menschen bewusst angeworben haben. Statt das Geld der Menschen zu investieren, nahm es die Bande l...
DPA (German)
By The Conversation Tero Vesalainen/ShutterstockJeannie Marie Paterson, The University of Melbourne Earlier this month, a Hong Kong company lost HK$200 million (A$40 million) in a deepfake scam. An employee transferred funds following a video conference call with scammers who looked and sounded like senior company officials. Generative AI tools can create image, video and voice replicas of real people saying and doing things they never would have done. And these tools are becoming increasingly easy to access and use. This can perpetuate intimate image abuse (including things like “revenge porn...
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By Hera Rizwan The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has issued an advisory cautioning citizens regarding various scams occurring via the messaging platform WhatsApp. The police think tank, functioning under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, also outlined a set of "do's and don'ts" in a published note on its website, addressing the prevalence of "data-breach acts". The advisory further mentioned that the social media intermediary, WhatsApp, has been notified about these incidents, and several government bodies and Ministry officials are actively addressing the issue. Given tha...
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By Kaisar Andrabi In what could possibly be a movie script, scammers held a woman, a resident of Noida, under ‘digital arrest’ over a Skype call for an entire day by pretending to be cops. The result: they duped her of Rs 11 lakhs. On the morning of November 13, the woman received a call from the scammer who identified as a police officer from Mumbai. Reetu Yadav, in-charge of cyber crime police station Noida sector 36, where the woman eventually filed a complaint, narrated to Decode on how the events unfolded. The scammer told the woman that her Aadhaar card had been used to buy a SIM card, w...
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By Hera Rizwan In a year marked by unprecedented technological advancements with artificial intelligence, the dark underbelly of the digital world has proven equally adept at evolving and orchestrating sophisticated cyber scams. From cunning Aadhaar-related scams to the insidious world of sextortion scams, the realm of cybercrime has witnessed a surge in creativity and complexity, posing the law enforcement with challenges that necessitate the adaptation to emerging technologies to stay one step ahead of evolving scams in the future. Decode covered a plethora of cybercrimes happening around th...
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By Hera Rizwan According to the recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, India has recorded a consistent rise in cybercrime cases, escalating from 50,035 cases in 2020 to 52,974 in 2021 and further to 65,893 in 2022. The number of registered cybercrime cases in India surged by 24.4% in 2022 compared to the preceding year. Telangana has once again reported the highest number of cybercrimes for the second consecutive year, experiencing a significant surge of 48.5% from 10,303 cases in 2021 to 15,297 in 2022. The state's overall cybercrime rate (per lakh population) stands at ...
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By Nidhi Jacob The number of registered cyber-crime cases in India surged by 24.4% in 2022 compared to the preceding year, the latest Crime in India report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showed. The crime rate (per lakh population) has increased from 3.9 in 2021 to 4.8 in 2022. India has recorded a consistent rise in cyber-crimes, escalating from 50,035 cases in 2020 to 52,974 in 2021 and further to 65,893 in 2022. For the second year in a row, Telangana recorded the highest number of cyber-crimes, a 48.5% rise from 10,303 cases in 2021 to 15,297 in 2022. The state recorded ...
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By Hera Rizwan In a bid to create awareness about the cybercrimes and related preventive measures, Decode hosted an event titled 'Fighting Cybercrime: From The Frontlines' on Monday. The event, held at the India International Centre in New Delhi's Lodhi Estate area , saw riveting discussions on the subject with a prolific panel and an interactive audience. The panel included Muktesh Chander, ex-DGP Goa and cyber security expert, Nirali Bhatia, cyber psychologist and Khemendra Pal Singh, SHO, Cyber police station (central district), Delhi. The event was moderated by Adrija Bose, senior editor a...
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