A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for selling the personal information of over 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican scammers. […]
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AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security
Romanian Hacker Gets Nearly 5 Years in US Prison Over Network Intrusion
Romanian hacker Catalin Dragomir (45) got 4 years and 8 months in prison for selling access to an Oregon state network. Romanian hacker Catalin Dragomir (45) will spend 4 years and 8 months in a US prison after admitting he sold access to an Oregon state network. ” A Romanian national was sentenced to 56 months…
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OnlyFans user data advertised on cybercrime forum, seller claims no direct breach
A user on a cybercrime forum is selling a database of 340 million records allegedly linked to OnlyFans users for approximately $76,000.
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks
A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the…
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Hacker Selling 340 Million OnlyFans User Records Built From Old Breaches
A hacker is selling a 340M OnlyFans user database allegedly built by matching old breach data and public profiles to real OnlyFans accounts.
AI, Global Security News
TeamPCP Claims Sale of Mistral AI Repositories Amid Mini Shai-Hulud Attack
TeamPCP claims to be selling alleged Mistral AI repositories on a hacker forum after the Mini Shai-Hulud attack targeted npm and PyPI ecosystems.
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One in eight UK workers has sold their company passwords, and bosses think it’s fine
One in eight UK workers admits to selling their company login credentials – or knowing someone who has – in the past 12 months. The really alarming bit? Their bosses are even more relaxed about it. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
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One in Eight Workers Has Sold Their Corporate Logins
Cifas says that 13% of employees admit selling company credentials to a former colleague
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FTC to ban data broker Kochava from selling Americans’ location data
The FTC will ban data broker Kochava and its subsidiary, Collective Data Solutions (CDS), from selling location data without consumers’ explicit consent to settle charges alleging that it sold precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. […]
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15-year-old detained over French govt agency data breach
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the country’s agency for issuing and managing administrative documents. […]
Global Security News, malware, Russia
Three Arrested for Hacking Over 610,000 Roblox Accounts
Suspects accused of distributing malware and selling access to stolen Roblox accounts on Russian marketplaces
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82 Chrome Extensions Found Selling User Data, 6.5 Million Users Affected
LayerX research finds 82 Chrome extensions collecting and selling user data, affecting at least 6.5 million users through disclosed but concerning practices.
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Founder Liquidity Without Compromising on Growth
Founders can access liquidity without exiting by selling shares via secondary deals, reducing financial pressure while staying focused on long-term growth.
AI, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News
DraftKings hacker sentenced to prison, ordered to pay $1.4 Million
A DraftKings hacker got 30 months in prison for selling stolen credentials and must pay over $1.4 million in fines and restitution. Kamerin Stokes, 23, from Memphis (aka TheMFNPlug), received a 30-month prison sentence for his role in a 2022 credential stuffing attack against DraftKings. He continued selling stolen login data online even after pleading…
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Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts
23-year-old Kamerin Stokes of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to tens of thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts. […]
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California to bar AI vendors that can’t prove bias safeguards
AI vendors selling to the California state government must prove they have safeguards against algorithmic bias, civil rights violations, and illegal content, or risk being barred from state contracts, under an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The order directs the Department of General Services and the California Department of Technology to develop new…
Global Security News, Risk Management
Cross-border online payments: challenges and solutions
GUEST OPINION: Selling internationally is exciting. But if you’ve ever launched a new country and watched conversion dip, you already know the pattern: cross-border payments introduce extra moving parts — currency, risk, routing, and local preferences.
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News, malware, Russia
Russian authorities arrest alleged LeakBase admin behind stolen data marketplace
Russian authorities arrested the alleged LeakBase admin for running a marketplace selling stolen data since 2021. Russian law enforcement has arrested the suspected administrator of LeakBase, a cybercrime forum used to trade stolen personal data. The suspect, from Taganrog, is accused of running the platform since 2021. During a search of his home, authorities seized…
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AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet
Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those platforms describe something different. A report by Anton Chuvakin, Security Advisor at Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, and…
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iTWire TV: 62% of Enterprise AI Projects Are Stuck in Limbo. Riverbed’s CIO Knows Why.
GUEST INTERVIEW: Fernando Castanheira has decades of experience buying and selling technology. He’s got a clear-eyed view of why most AI initiatives never escape the lab.
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The Advisor Practice Sale Process: A Modern, Client-Safe Playbook for Selling Your Firm Without Losing Value
Selling a financial advisory practice is often described as a “transaction,” but that word doesn’t do it justice. This is closer to a trust transfer—and trust is the one asset you can’t rebuild overnight if the handoff goes sideways.
Global Security News, Russia
Former Defense Contractor Boss Gets 7+ Years for Selling Zero Days
A former general manager of a US defense contractor has been sentenced after selling zero days to Russia
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Russia
Former U.S. Defense contractor executive sentenced for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker Operation Zero
A former employee at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris got over 7 years in prison for selling eight zero-days to a Russian broker. Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian former L3Harris employee, received a prison sentence of just over seven years for selling eight zero-day exploits to the Russian broker Operation Zero for millions. Williams pleaded guilty…
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Romanian Hacker Extradited to US Admits Hacking Oregon State Network
Catalin Dragomir admits to hacking an Oregon government office and selling network access. Read more on the $250k fraud case and his 2026 sentencing.
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Romanian hacker pleads guilty to selling access to Oregon state networks
A Romanian man pleaded guilty to selling admin access to Oregon’s state network for $3,000 in Bitcoin and repeatedly accessing it to prove control. Catalin Dragomir (45) from Romania, pleaded guilty in the U.S. for selling unauthorized admin access to an Oregon state emergency management network. He gained access in June 2021, advertised it, and…
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Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool
The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. […]