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Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks

Jul 10, 2026 // 11:47

A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring […]

Dark web Nemesis Market vendor gets 26 years for selling drugs

Jun 5, 2026 // 23:57

A California man was sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine through Nemesis Market, one of the world’s […]

Romanian gets 5 years in prison for hacking Oregon govt network

May 28, 2026 // 18:57

A Romanian national was sentenced this week to 56 months in federal prison for breaking into an Oregon state government computer network and fr cyberattacks […]

Crypto gang member gets 6.5 years for role in $230 million heist

May 7, 2026 // 16:57

A 20-year-old California man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for serving as a home invader and money launderer in a criminal ring that […]

Karakurt extortion gang ‘cold case’ negotiator gets 8.5 years in prison

May 5, 2026 // 13:16

A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his “cold case” negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt […]

Romanian leader of online swatting ring gets 4 years in prison

May 1, 2026 // 00:17

A Romanian national who led an online swatting ring that targeted more than 75 public officials, multiple journalists, and four religious institutions was sentenced to […]

Money launderer linked to $230M crypto heist gets 70 months in prison

Apr 27, 2026 // 16:17

​22-year-old Evan Tangeman of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for laundering funds stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurrency heist. […]

Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts

Apr 17, 2026 // 10:56

23-year-old Kamerin Stokes of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to tens of thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts. According to court documents, the […]

Gmail mobile gets end-to-end encryption. Google extends secure email option to handheld devices.

Apr 10, 2026 // 13:57

Google has released Gmail’s end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for all Android and iOS devices, giving business users the ability to read and write encrypted emails directly, […]

Russian Hacker Gets 2 Years for Ransomware Botnet Scheme (TA551).

Mar 25, 2026 // 14:53

The Justice Department (DoJ) stated that a Russian man received a two-year prison sentence for running a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against businesses […]