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FBI Seizes Internet Domains Associated with Major Cybercrime Ring; 17M Victims

January 30, 2025 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A multi-jurisdictional operation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and several other law enforcement agencies has resulted in several well-known internet domains being seized that were a part of a major cybercrime ring responsible for hacking and stealing credentials from digital marketplaces. As of Wednesday, the Cracked.io and Nulled.to internet forums – long known as havens for threat actors who engaged in password theft, software … [Read more...]

FBI Shutdown Prolific Ransomware Group “Radar/Dispossessor,” Domains Seized

August 15, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

FBI takes down ransomware gang that hacked dozens of companies

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The FBI has announced they have shut down a prolific ransomware group known as “Radar/Dispossessor” and seized multiple internet domains and servers utilized by the cyber threat actors, reportedly headed up by an individual known by the code-name “Brain.” As part of the FBI’s enforcement actions, they have dismantled a plethora of servers utilized by Radar/Dispossessor to carry out their ransomware attacks, including three in the United States, … [Read more...]

FEDs Seize 17 Domains Suspected of Being Used for Fraud in U.S. by North Korea

October 19, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, the United States Justice Department announced it has seized 17 website domains utilized by North Korean information technology (IT) workers to purportedly evade government sanctions, conduct cyberattacks and defraud U.S. businesses, with the millions of dollars in illicit proceeds generated from such activities being used to fund North Korea's weapon development program.  The Justice Department confirmed in a statement that the … [Read more...]

Lawyer Says, “Shadow Group” Setup Website Proposing Assassinations

December 11, 2020 By John Colascione 2 Comments

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A website that was online only a few days published the identities, including email and home addresses of various Republican and Democratic leaders as well as related employees of people the site claimed are responsible for “aiding and abetting the fraudulent election” against President Trump. The site, which has now disappeared, listed the personal details, including maps to the homes as well as headshots of the individuals inside crosshairs with an … [Read more...]

DOJ Seizes Domain Used to Sell Access to Hacked Personal Info and Account Logins

January 18, 2020 By John Colascione 1 Comment

WASHINGTON – Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that they have seized the internet domain name weleakinfo.com. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia and Special Agent in Charge Timothy M. Dunham of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. The website claimed to provide its users a search engine to review and obtain the personal information illegally obtained in over 10,000 … [Read more...]

Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 07/24/2017 – 07/30/2017

August 1, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as opensourcecms.com at $35,000.00 US, the top ccTLD as gamble.io at 10,000 US and the top other as fbi.net $3,327 GBP ($4,393.30 US) Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 07/24/2017 – 07/30/2017. Domain … [Read more...]

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