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Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison

Aug 6, 2026 // 02:16

Maksim Silnikau, the creator and administrator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in ransomware attacks […]

Scattered Spider members behind TfL hack get five years in prison

Jul 16, 2026 // 15:36

Two leading members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective were sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for hacking Transport for London […]

Ryuk ransomware member pleads guilty in the US, faces 15 years in prison

Jul 10, 2026 // 22:36

A 34-year-old Armenian man has pleaded guilty to hacking U.S. companies and deploying the infamous Ryuk ransomware to encrypt their systems. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan was […]

Money launderer accused of stealing seized crypto while in prison

Jul 10, 2026 // 18:36

A Bulgarian national has been charged with stealing $290,000 in government-seized cryptocurrency while serving 121 months in prison for helping launder millions stolen from American […]

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 […]

DraftKings hacker ‘Snoopy’ sentenced to 18 months in prison

Jun 25, 2026 // 00:56

A 21-year-old using the alias “Snoopy” was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in hacking DraftKings accounts in the November 2022 cyberattack. In […]

Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans

May 29, 2026 // 14:16

A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for selling the personal information of over 7 million elderly Americans to […]

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 […]

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 […]

US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks

May 1, 2026 // 11:57

Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat […]