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Bank Info Security 2 years, 3 months ago

US State Department Investigating Hacking Claims

Notorious Hacker Alleges They Stole Data From National Security ContractorThe U.S. Department of State confirmed it’s investigating claims of a cyber incident after a notorious hacker known as IntelBroker posted on a publicly accessible hacking forum that they had leaked data belonging to the federal government and its allies.

U.S. law enforcement authorities have arrested a New York man in connection with running the infamous BreachForums hacking forum under the online alias "Pompompurin." The development, first reported by Bloomberg Law, comes after News 12 Westchester, earlier this week, said that federal investigators "spent hours inside and outside of a home in Peekskill." "At one point, investigators were seen

Krebs on Security 4 years, 4 months ago

Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook

Aleksei Burkov, a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia's most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov's extradition to the U.S. for four years -- even arresting and jailing an Israeli woman to force a prisoner swap. That effort failed: Burkov was sent to America, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine years in prison. But a little more than a year later, he was quietly released and deported back to Russia. Now some Republican lawmakers are asking why a Russian hacker once described as "an asset of supreme importance" was allowed to shorten his stay.