U.K. man pleads guilty to hacking scheme that stole $8 million
Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Scotland, pleaded guilty in California federal court.
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Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Scotland, pleaded guilty in California federal court.
A Russian national was ordered to pay a judgment of over $1.6 million over a ransomware and computer botnet scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan said.
The FBI, Michigan State Police and other agencies disrupted and took down a cryptocurrency exchange site that authorities have accused of facilitating money laundering.
Google said the fake messages are part of a massive criminal network called "Lighthouse" that has stolen information through phishing and smishing scams.
A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic at several major European airports.
Meta platforms such as Instagram have marketed AI tools that let users create sexually explicit images of real people.
Companies say fake job seekers are using artificial intelligence to get remote jobs, often in an attempt to steal insider secrets.
Ransomware attacks on schools are rising, paralyzing districts, shutting down systems and putting student data at risk.
Nicholas Mui of Grand Haven pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of conducting a criminal enterprise.
"Everything is frozen, everything is tied up," one auto dealership owner said after cyberattacks crippled software maker CDK Global.
Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached events giant Ticketmaster and stolen the details of 560 million customers.
A new generation of high-tech thieves are attacking vulnerable vehicle computer systems to steal cars in seconds.
Clorox is slowly restoring its systems after a hack last month forced the consumer products maker to take them offline.
Software company said service disruptions stemmed from an attack by a cybercriminal group dubbed "Anonymous Sudan."
Victims include Johns Hopkins University, the University of Georgia, the BBC and British Airways.
The 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit hosted by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will bring together experts to discuss ways to defend business, education, information technology, economic development, law enforcement and individuals against cyber-attacks and take advantage of opportunities in the cyber security industry.
The Consumer Fraud Center said holiday shoppers went off a "shopping cliff" in terms of being ripped off by counterfeit and fake goods sold by cybercriminals this year in excess of $2 billion for the period of November-December 2012.
Tom Winterhalter, FBI cybercrime division supervisory special agent in Detroit, gave a sobering assessment of the cybercrime environment Thursday at Secureworld Expo Detroit. He said the FBI is working 200 data breach cases in its Detroit office alone.
A Michigan journalist, a writer and an IT security expert have written a novel about cybercrime based on real vulnerabilities in the way the Internet is constructed.
