Police Shut Down World's Biggest 'DDoS-for-Hire' Service–Admins Arrested

In a major hit against international cybercriminals, the Dutch police have taken down the world's biggest DDoS-for-hire service that helped cyber criminals launch over 4 million attacks and arrested its administrators. An operation led by the UK's National Crime Agency NCA and the Dutch Police,...

Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop

By Carolina Israeli police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly hacking This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop...

Japanese boy arrested for developing cryptocurrency stealing malware

By Carolina A teenager has been arrested for creating a cryptocurrency stealing malware used This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Japanese boy arrested for developing cryptocurrency stealing malware...

Operator of hacked password service Leakedsource.com arrested

By Waqas On January 27, 2017, the breach notification and password service Leakedsource.com This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Operator of hacked password service Leakedsource.com arrested...

Man Arrested for Threatening Firm with Cyber Attacks for Not Hiring Him

By Waqas There is a reason there has been an increase in This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man Arrested for Threatening Firm with Cyber Attacks for Not Hiring Him...

Two arrested for Hacking DC Security Cameras Before Trump Inauguration

By Waqas In Feb 2017, two people were arrested in the United This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Two arrested for Hacking DC Security Cameras Before Trump Inauguration...

U.K. Man Avoids Jail Time in vDOS Case

A U.K. man who pleaded guilty to launching more than 2,000 cyberattacks against some of the world's largest companies has avoided jail time for his role in the attacks. The judge in the case reportedly was moved by pleas for leniency that cited the man's youth at the time of the attacks and a...

WannaCry hero arrested For “creating and distributing Kronos trojan”

By Waqas A couple of hours ago HackRead reported that Marcus Hutchins, a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WannaCry hero arrested For “creating and distributing Kronos trojan”...

Dutch police share list of identified, active, and arrested Hansa vendors and buyers

By Waqas A couple of weeks ago, AlphaBay and Hansa, two of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dutch police share list of identified, active, and arrested Hansa vendors and buyers...

BTC-e exchange’ owner arrested over money laundering accusation

By Waqas A 38-year-old Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik who also happened to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BTC-e exchange owner arrested over money laundering accusation...

22 Apple Distributors Arrested for Selling Customers’ Data in $7.4 Million

--- Image Source: South China Morning Post Chinese authorities have announced the arrest of around 22 distributors working as Apple distributors as part of a $7 million operation, who stole customers’ personal information from an internal Apple database and illegally sold it to Chinese black mark...

Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan

The Russian Interior Ministry announced on Monday the arrest of 20 individuals from a major cybercriminal gang that had stolen nearly $900,000 from bank accounts after infecting over one million Android smartphones with a mobile Trojan called "CronBot." Russian Interior Ministry representative Ri...

Russian Hacker behind 'NeverQuest' Malware, Wanted by FBI, Is Arrested in Spain

A Russian computer hacker wanted by the FBI on hacking allegations was arrested and jailed in Spain earlier this week, while a decision on his extradition to the United States has yet to be made. The Guardia Civil, Spanish law enforcement agency officers, have detained 32-year-old Stanislav Lisov...

Kickass Torrents — Domain Names Seized! Owner Arrested! Website Goes Down!

The federal authorities have finally arrested the alleged mastermind behind the world's largest and most notorious BitTorrent distribution site Kickass Torrents KAT, the US Justice Department announced on Wednesday. After The Pirate Bay had suffered copyright infringement hardship, Kickass Torren...

Police Arrest 16-year-old Boy Who Hacked CIA Director

The teenage hacker, who calls himself a member of hacktivist group "Cracka with Attitude," behind the series of hacks on the United States government and its high-level officials, including CIA director, might have finally got arrested. In a joint effort, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI a...

TalkTalk Hack: Police Arrest Second Teenager in London

British Police have arrested a second teenage boy in relation to the major hack on the servers of UK-based telco 'TalkTalk' last week. On Monday, a 15-year-old boy first arrest from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was arrested in connection with the TalkTalk Data Breach. On Thursday, The...

China Police Arrest 15,000 Suspects for Alleged Cyber Crimes

China Police has arrested nearly 15,000 people on suspicion of cyber crimes as part of an operation dubbed "Cleaning the Internet," according to reports. According to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security MPS, the suspects have been arrested for their involvement in cyber crimes that "jeopardiz...

Feds Detail Shutdown of Cybercrime Forum Darkode

Officials worldwide this week culminated an 18-month effort to take down Darkode, a cybercrime forum where hackers fraternized, shared malware, credit card information and more. The campaign, dubbed Operation Shrouded Horizon, resulted in the arrest of 28 hackers and 27 house searches across 18...

Hacker Who Stole Money From Bill Gates Arrested in Philippines

What if you get into the bank account of the World’s most richest person? Maybe it could be difficult for you as well as I. But not for this guy… ...Konstantin Simeonov Kavrakov, a Bulgarian hacker, who hacked into the ATM and stole thousands of dollars from the bank account of Microsoft mogul Bi...

The Pirate Bay's 3rd and the Last Founder Arrested After 4 Years On The Run

Fredrik Neij – known online as "TiAMO", third and the last founder of the popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested driving across the border of Laos and Thailand. The 36-year-old fugitive Fredrik Neij was convicted by a Swedish court in 2009 of aiding copyright infringement a...