Cybercrime

ShinyHunters has publicly disavowed the operators behind every recent BreachForums reboot, calling the aliases N/A and Indra false personas. Resecurity flagged the January user database as likely disinformation. No publicly verified admin identity exists six months after the FBI seizure.

A Russian access broker sold corporate network credentials for $1,000. His Yanluowang buyers demanded millions. Separately, a DigitalMint negotiator ran BlackCat attacks against his own clients, extracting $75 million. Both face federal prosecution.

Four MOIS domains seized, replacement site launched within hours. Handala Hack wiped 80,000 Stryker devices through Microsoft Intune without deploying malware, sent $250,000 bounty threats to dissidents, and doxxed 190 IDF personnel. FBI ties three personas to one conspiracy.

Hair dryers, dummy servers, and sobbing emojis. Super Micro co-founder Wally Liaw charged with smuggling $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI servers to China. Shares fell 25%. The largest AI chip export prosecution since controls began in 2022.

A global law enforcement operation seized 34 domains and froze $3.5 million in crypto after the SocksEscort proxy botnet hijacked 369,000 routers across 163 countries. According to the FBI, the service had 124,000 users and used AVrecon malware to turn …

Seven Steam games secretly installed malware that drained crypto wallets and harvested credentials. The FBI named all seven titles and is seeking victims. One game alone stole $150,000 from hundreds of players.

A six-month Interpol crackdown across 72 countries sinkholed 45,000 malicious IPs and arrested 94 people. Operation Synergia III is the largest phase yet, more than doubling the IP takedowns of its 2024 predecessor.

Cyfirma's 2026 analysis shows Telegram now hosts credential sales, malware subscriptions, and ransomware coordination, with 1.8 billion stolen credentials fueling the pipeline.