Category: cyber crime

Russian hacker behind an elite crime forum pleads guilty to multiple charges

Post author By Randall
Post date January 27, 2020
Categories In aleksei burkov, cardplanet, cyber crime, cyber criminal, Cybersecurity, device fraud, directconnection, fraud, gear, identity theft, Internet, marketplace, membership, Politics, Russia, russian, Security, stolen data, Tech

[ad_1] Burkov was arrested in 2015 at an airport near Tel Aviv. In 2017, an Israeli district court approved his extradition to the US, but Russia fought that decision for years. As Krebs on Security points out, the Russian government may be concerned that Burkov knows too much. In late 2019, Burkov was extradited to […]

US Treasury has ‘serious concerns’ Libra could be used for terrorism

Post author By Randall
Post date July 15, 2019
Categories In anti-money laundering council, bank secrecy act, business, Cryptocurrency, cyber crime, Facebook, financial crimes enforcement network, Internet, libra, money laundering, national security, Politics, ransomware, regulation, safeguards, steven mnuchin, Tech, terrorism, tomorrow, treasury department, trump administration, us

[ad_1] According to Mnuchin, the US has been at the forefront of regulating entities that provide cryptocurrencies. It has also seen cryptocurrencies exploited to support illicit activities including cyber crime, tax evasion, extortion, ransomware, human trafficking and more. Still, Mnuchin said the US “welcomes responsible innovation, including new technologies that may improve the efficiency of […]