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Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

Stern’s eminence within Russian cybercrime has been widely documented. The cryptocurrency-tracing firm Chainalysis does not publicly name cybercriminal actors and…

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Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

Several cybersecurity researchers who have tracked Trickbot extensively tell WIRED they were unaware of the announcement. An anonymous account on…

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Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying

The hacker ecosystem in Russia, more than perhaps anywhere else in the world, has long blurred the lines between cybercrime,…

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The Wiretap: A ‘Ransomware Cartel’ Causes Chaos

Over the past week, some of the U.K.’s biggest and most historic retailers have been hacked by a group known…

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Leaked chat logs expose inner workings of secretive ransomware group

Researchers who have read the Russian-language texts said they exposed internal rifts in the secretive organization that have escalated since…

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Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

But in fact, both law enforcement operations may have been more successful than they appeared. AlphV, after receiving its $22…

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