Feds Shut Down RaidForums Hacking Marketplace

U.S. law enforcement has shut down one of the largest cybercriminal online forums in the world and revealed the charges its Portuguese founder will face in federal court. However, the takedown is likely to only be a temporary blow to hackers, who will find other ways of buying and selling data...

Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

An Estonian man was sentenced today to more than five years in a U.S. prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53 million. Prosecutors say the accused also enjoyed a lengthy career of "cashing out" access to hacked bank accounts worldwide. Maksim...

'Cardplanet' Operator Sentenced to 9 Years for Selling Stolen Credit Cards

A cybercriminal responsible for running a “carding” website on the Dark Web is going to federal prison for nine years for selling stolen consumer payment information. Aleksei Burkov, a Russian national, was the operator of a website called “Cardplanet” that sold hundreds of thousands of debit- an...

Russian Pleads Guilty to Running 'CardPlanet' to Sell Stolen Credit Cards

Image credit: Times of Israel. Aleksei Burkov, a 29-year-old Russian hacker, on Thursday pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges for running two illegal websites that helped cyber criminals commit more than $20 million in credit card fraud. The first website Burkov operated was an online...