CyberCrime List - 2026 2025 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
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| 8.3.26 | Ghanain man pleads guilty to role in $100 million fraud ring | A Ghanaian national pleaded guilty to his role in a massive fraud ring that stole over $100 million from victims across the United States through business email compromise attacks and romance scams. | CyberCrime | BleepingComputer |
| 7.3.26 | Hacker mass-mails HungerRush extortion emails to restaurant patrons | Customers of restaurants using the HungerRush point-of-sale (POS) platform say they received emails from a threat actor attempting to extort the company, warning that restaurant and customer data could be exposed if HungerRush fails to respond. | CyberCrime | |
| 5.3.26 | Compromised Site Management Panels are a Hot Item in Cybercrime Markets | Compromised cPanel credentials are being sold in bulk across underground channels as plug-and-play phishing and scam infrastructure. Flare explains how analyzing 200,000 underground posts reveals a commoditized market for hacked site management panels. | CyberCrime | |
| 5.3.26 | Alabama man pleads guilty to hacking, extorting hundreds of women | A 22-year-old Alabama man pleaded guilty to extortion, cyberstalking, and computer fraud charges after hijacking the social media accounts of hundreds of young women (including minors). | CyberCrime | |
| 5.3.26 | Florida woman imprisoned for massive Microsoft license fraud scheme | A Florida woman was sentenced to 22 months in prison for running a massive years-long scheme to traffic thousands of stolen Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels. | CyberCrime | |
| 26.2.26 | Malicious StripeApi NuGet Package Mimicked Official Library and Stole API Tokens | Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package discovered on the NuGet Gallery, impersonating a library from financial | CyberCrime | The Hacker News |
| 22.2.26 | Nigerian man gets eight years in prison for hacking tax firms | A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for hacking multiple tax preparation firms in Massachusetts and filing fraudulent tax returns seeking over $8.1 million in refunds. | CyberCrime | |
| 22.2.26 | Police arrests 651 suspects in African cybercrime crackdown | African authorities arrested 651 suspects and recovered over $4.3 million in a joint operation targeting investment fraud, mobile money scams, and fake loan applications. | CyberCrime | |
| 21.2.26 | Glendale man gets 5 years in prison for role in darknet drug ring | A Glendale man was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for his role in a darknet drug trafficking operation that sold cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, and ketamine to customers across the United States. | CyberCrime | |
| 20.2.26 | INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown | An international cybercrime operation against online scams has led to 651 arrests and recovered more than $4.3 million as part of an effort led by law | CyberCrime | The Hacker News |
| 19.2.26 | Man arrested for demanding reward after accidental police data leak | Dutch authorities arrested a 40-year-old man after he downloaded confidential documents that had been mistakenly shared by the police and refused to delete them unless he received "something in return." | CyberCrime | |
| 15.2.26 | Turning IBM QRadar Alerts into Action with Criminal IP | Criminal IP now integrates with IBM QRadar SIEM and SOAR to bring external IP-based threat intelligence directly into detection and response workflows. See how risk scoring and automated enrichment help SOC teams prioritize high-risk IPs and accelerate investigations without leaving QRadar. | CyberCrime | |
| 14.2.26 | Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool | The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. | CyberCrime | |
| 3.2.26 | Empire cybercrime market owner pleads guilty to drug conspiracy | A Virginia man who co-created Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces at the time, pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions from 2018 to 2020. | CyberCrime | |
| 3.2.26 | Slovakian man pleads guilty to operating darknet marketplace | A Slovakian national admitted on Tuesday to helping operate a darknet marketplace that sold narcotics, cybercrime tools and services, fake government IDs, and stolen personal information for more than two years. | CyberCrime | |
| 18.1.26 | Microsoft disrupts massive RedVDS cybercrime virtual desktop service | Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it disrupted RedVDS, a massive cybercrime platform linked to at least $40 million in reported losses in the United States alone since March 2025. | CyberCrime | |
| 17.1.26 | Hacker gets seven years for breaching Rotterdam and Antwerp ports | The Amsterdam Court of Appeal sentenced a 44-year-old Dutch national to seven years in prison for multiple crimes, including computer hacking and attempted extortion. | CyberCrime | |
| 16.1.26 | Microsoft Legal Action Disrupts RedVDS Cybercrime Infrastructure Used for Online Fraud | Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has taken a " coordinated legal action " in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt a cybercrime subscription service called RedVDS that has allegedly | CyberCrime | The Hacker News |
| 14.1.26 | Long-Running Web Skimming Campaign Steals Credit Cards From Online Checkout Pages | ybersecurity researchers have discovered a major web skimming campaign that has been active since January 2022, targeting several major payment networks like American Express, | CyberCrime | The Hacker News |
| 11.1.26 | Spain arrests 34 suspects linked to Black Axe cyber crime | Authorities in Spain have arrested 34 individuals allegedly part of a criminal network involved in cyber fraud and believed to be connected to the Black Axe group responsible for illicit activities across Europe. | CyberCrime | |
| 10.1.26 | Europol Arrests 34 Black Axe Members in Spain Over €5.9M Fraud and Organized Crime | Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are alleged to be part of an international criminal organization called Black Axe . As part of an operation conducted | CyberCrime | The Hacker News |
| 2.1.26 | Cybercriminals Abuse Google Cloud Email Feature in Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign | Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that involves the attackers impersonating legitimate Google-generated messages by abusing Google Cloud's | CyberCrime | The Hacker News |