20 Sep, 2024

Russian who sold 300,000 stolen credentials gets 40 months in prison

Georgy Kavzharadze, a 27-year-old Russian national, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for selling login credentials for over 300,000 accounts on Slilpp, the largest online marketplace of stolen logins, until its seizure in June 2021. In a Wednesday press release, the U.S. Department of Justice said that Kavzharadze (also known as TeRorPP, Torqovec, […]

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Victims of cyber extortion and ransomware increase in 2024

More than 4,000 new victims of ransomware were recorded over the past 12 months. According to research by Orange Cyberdefense, there was a 77% year-on-year growth from 2023 with 4,374 new victims detected in 75% of countries monitored. In the first quarter of 2024, there were 1,046 victims hit by 43 different threat actors. Speaking […]

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