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- Three Russians, one Kazakhstani charged in takedown of Anyproxy and 5socks botnetson 9 May 2025 at 18:59
U.S. prosecutors charged four foreign nationals and said a law enforcement operation seized internet domains associated with two powerful botnets.
- German operation shuts down crypto mixer eXch, seizes millions in assetson 9 May 2025 at 18:23
Infrastructure and digital assets from the cryptocurrency mixer eXch — believed to be involved with the laundering of funds from the ByBit hack — are now in the hands of German authorities.
- Hackers hijack Japanese financial accounts to conduct nearly $2 billion in tradeson 9 May 2025 at 17:07
Japanese finance regulators said that in April alone, nine securities firms reported 2,746 fraudulent transactions conducted through nearly 5,000 accounts that were breached by hackers.
- US surveillance watchdog says expanded use of facial recognition at airports should be voluntaryon 9 May 2025 at 16:24
A six-year probe of facial recognition technology usage at airport checkpoints found that more transparency is needed and procedures should be improved to further protect the data privacy of passengers and accuracy of results.
- Exclusive: Top FBI cyber official Bryan Vorndran expected to leave the bureauon 8 May 2025 at 18:51
The head of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Bryan Vorndran, is expected to retire from the bureau soon, according to two people with direct knowledge.
