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Cybercrime Investigations Weekly by ImmuniWeb – Issue #155 – Top Stories:
🕵️‍♂️ A hacker sentenced to 7 years for hacking port systems in a co***ne smuggling case
An Amsterdam appeals court has sentenced a 44-year-old man to seven years in prison for hacking port systems to help smuggle co***ne into the Netherlands.

🔹 Read also in this week’s issue:
* Dozens of suspected Black Axe members arrested in Spain after international crackdown
* US hacker charged over Snapchat phishing scheme targeting hundreds of women
* Admin of AVCheck malware testing service arrested in the Netherlands
* RedVDS cybercriminal subscription service tied to $40M fraud campaigns shut down

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Cybercrime Investigations Weekly by ImmuniWeb – Issue #152 – Top Stories:
👮‍♀️💻 Cloud provider’s manager prosecuted for concealing non-compliance with FedRAMP
US authorities have charged former product manager Danielle Hillmer with multiple federal crimes for allegedly lying to government customers about whether her company’s cloud platform met required security standards.
According to an indictment, Hillmer, 53, is accused of concealing the platform’s noncompliance with security controls, misleading US federal agencies and other government clients. Prosecutors allege she repeatedly misrepresented that the platform complied with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High baseline and the Department of Defense’s Impact Levels 4 and 5, despite knowing it lacked required access controls, logging, monitoring, and other safeguards.

🔷 Read also in this week’s issue:
* US and European authorities dismantle the E-Note crypto exchange linked to ransomware and transnational cybercrime
* A man jailed in Singapore for teaching scammers how to use mobile malware
* International operation shuts down Europe-wide call center scam network with €10M+ in losses
* Another hacker pleads guilty in the DraftKings credential-stuffing case
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Cybercrime Investigations Weekly by ImmuniWeb – Issue #151 – Top 5 Stories:
👮‍♂️💻 A teen arrested over alleged cyber-attack on internet café operator

Japanese police have arrested a 17-year-old Osaka high school student suspected of using AI tools in a large-scale cyber-attack that compromised the personal data of millions of customers of Kaikatsu Frontier, the company behind the Kaikatsu Club chain of internet cafés and fitness gyms.

Investigators allege the boy accessed Kaikatsu Frontier’s servers using a custom tool to extract data from the company’s official app, stealing information belonging to nearly 7.3 million customers. According to media reports, the teen used AI tools to create malware and consulted chatbots to troubleshoot errors and bypass security features.

🔷 Read also in this week’s issue:
– A hacker indicted for involvement in CARR and NoName057(16) attacks on critical infrastructure
– A man sentenced for helping North Koreans illegally obtain US tech jobs
– Russian police dismantle malware gang behind millions in NFC-based bank thefts
– A malware developer arrested in Ukraine; Spanish police detain teen who stole 64M+ records

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