cybercriminals

“Encountering the Cyber-Criminals of the Future: A Look into 2023”

Cyber Criminals Indicted
This year was no different to last: we saw another round of high-profile busts, arrests, sanctions, and prison time for some of the most prolific cybercriminals in recent years. Twitter took drastic measures to rid the hackers from its network by temporarily blocking all of the site’s 200-million-plus users from posting. A New York judge sentenced the 24-year-old hacker to five years in prison, two of which O’Connor already served in pre-trial custody. Federal prosecutors this year accused a former Amazon employee of hacking into a cryptocurrency exchange and stealing millions worth of customers’ crypto. Why did a Russian man accused by U.S. prosecutors of ransomware attacks burn his passport?