Leaky Weekly

Dark Web Forum Arrests, Columbus Ransomware Attack Updates, and American Background Info Data Leak


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On this latest episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space such as the LockBit arrests, an update to the Columbus ransomware attack, Bohemia arrests, and MC2 data leak.

Here are the resources Nick mentions:

  • LockBit power cut: four new arrests and financial sanctions against affiliates (Europol)
  • Evil Corp: Behind the Screens (National Crime Agency)
  • LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corps Members Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort (The Hacker News)
  • LockBit Links to Evil Corp (Secureworks)
  • Dark Web Drama: LockBit and the AN Security Breach Saga (Flare)
  • Columbus pledges $3 million more to fix data breach (NBC4i)
  • Internationale actie tegen werelds' grootste darkweb-markt 'Bohemia/ Cannabia' (Politie)
  • One-third of the US population’s background info is now public (Cybernews)

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