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Top US Federal Agencies Hacked by Russian Hackers – Report
Hackers backed by the Russian government hacked into several US government departments including U.S. Treasury and Commerce.
December 14, 2020
US jails Russian hacker for 8 years over botnet, bank fraud
The hacker participated in a sophisticated scheme to steal, exchange sensitive financial, personal data, causing a loss of $100 million to the victims.
November 3, 2020
Dropbox, Linkedin hacker sentenced to 7 years in prison
Yevgeniy Nikulin aka Linkedin hacker, a Russian national was found guilty of hacking into LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring.
October 1, 2020
Musk confirms Russian hacker tried hiring Tesla worker for malware attack
The hacker wanted to carry out a DDoS attack on Tesla while stealing sensitive information with the help of malware.
August 28, 2020
FBI and NSA expose Russian State hacking tool for Linux systems
Dubbed Drovorub by the agencies; the malware hacking tool is capable of spying on Linux systems.
August 14, 2020
Researcher retrieves $300,000 worth of Bitcoin from an encrypted Zip file
An investor had locked $300k worth of Bitcoin in an encrypted Zip file and forgot its password.
August 10, 2020
Russian hacker Aleksei Burkov jailed for 9 years in US
Russian computer hacker and cyber criminal Aleksei Burkov was...
June 27, 2020
Fake mobile version of Valorant game spreading malware
The mobile version of the Valorant game is set to release sometime during summer 2020.
May 30, 2020
Records with data on 129 million Russian car owners sold on dark web
Sensitive data of 129 million car owners located for sale on the dark web.
May 19, 2020
Fake Coronavirus vaccine, patients’ blood & saliva sold on dark web
Dark web cybercriminals and online scums are selling fake Coronavirus vaccines, patients' blood and saliva to 'cure' the disease.
April 8, 2020