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Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over cyberattack that crippled London’s transport network
Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area.
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Russian authorities used Israeli Cellebrite tool to access opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov’s iPhone, report finds
In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.
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Ex-CIA officer warns Russia may be using covert UK networks after Starmer-linked arson plot
Sean Wiswesser says attacks linked to PM Keir Starmer were part of Russia’s sabotage campaign.
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Two “useful idiots” jailed over arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer
Two criminal proxies branded "useful idiots" have been jailed for a series of arson attacks targeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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Cybercrime now makes up over 30% of recorded crime in much of Asia-Pacific
Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 percent of all recorded crime in more than half of the Asia and South Pacific countries surveyed by Interpol, according to the agency’s regional threat assessment.
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Instagram users targeted by scammers after sudden Meta account bans
Hackers may be mass-reporting Instagram accounts and charging users thousands to restore them.
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OCCRP exposes sanctions-busting payment agents helping Russia buy European drones
As Western sanctions attempt to choke off Russia from international trade, payment brokers are advertising services on Telegram to move funds through layered intermediaries.
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UK warns hostile states are using young online recruits for sabotage attacks
Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Google sues China-based phishing network accused of $1.9bn scam operation
A lawsuit filed by Google against an alleged China-based phishing network may help the company seize reachable infrastructure and make fraud harder for criminals, but is unlikely to stop the broader scam ecosystem, a cybersecurity expert told OCCRP on Tuesday.
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Starmer family home arson exposed as part of Russia-linked sabotage campaign in Britain
A Russian online sabotage network was behind a series of arson attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s family home and other targets linked to the UK prime minister, an FT investigation has found.
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Starmer property arson case exposes alleged Russian sabotage network in UK
Two men found guilty over a series of arson attacks on property linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer were instructed to do so by a Russian-linked social media channel.
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OnlyFans models expose threats, abuse and control by unregulated management agencies
Having read about how much easy money can be made as an OnlyFans model, Rebecca was excited when she joined and got off to a good start.
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Kremlin-linked extremists accused of exploiting Henry Nowak murder to inflame UK unrest
Anetwork of Russian far-right extremists steeped in neo-Nazi antisemitism – created under the umbrella of a sanctioned oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and now openly promoted by Tommy Robinson – has been driving ‘White Lives Matter’ propaganda over the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, Byline Times can reveal.
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Telegram under scrutiny as review claims app leaks identifiers that could enable user tracking
An independent cybersecurity review obtained by Important Stories found that Telegram exposes persistent device identifiers that could allow passive tracking of users across networks and locations.
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Experts confirm Telegram traffic flaw could let spies map users worldwide
IStories has obtained an expert report from Symbolic Software, a firm specializing in cybersecurity analysis and technical audits of applications for tech giants such as Zoom, Mozilla, Coinbase, and many others.
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Russian-linked handlers accused of orchestrating ‘gig economy’ sabotage campaign across Ukraine
Last April, a young man with light brown hair entered a small railway station in central Ukraine, where he loitered for an hour before approaching a metal cabinet.
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Iran embassy in London accused of recruiting UK expats to ‘sacrifice lives’ in martyr campaign
The Iranian embassy in London is recruiting expats to become martyrs and ’sacrifice their lives for the Homeland’.
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Telegram bots and deadly risks: inside a Western-backed resistance program in occupied Ukraine
A Western-funded classified programme supported a “non-violent resistance” initiative in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine for more than three years, encouraging civilian participation despite credible reports of activists being killed, tortured, or imprisoned, the Kyiv Independent reports.
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UK watchdog launches probe into Telegram over child abuse content fears
The UK media regulator has launched an investigation into Telegram over concerns it may be failing to prevent child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from being shared.
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“The war is already underway”: how pro-war bloggers in Russia are preparing audiences for conflict with NATO and the Baltics
Is Russia gearing up for a potential confrontation with NATO? The question has lingered since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, repeatedly surfacing in political and security debates.
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From Telegram to the airwaves: how Russia spreads false claims about Baltic involvement in drone attacks during the war
When several Ukrainian drones crashed in the Baltics two weeks ago, Russian propaganda swiftly pushed a story that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia had deliberately “opened” their airspace to enable Kiyv to attack Russia.
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White Sharks Capital and $1.5m fraud: how Oleksiy Maznichenko raised funds without a licence through sham contracts and failed to repay investors
Since 2022, the Dnipro Police Department in Kyiv has been conducting an investigation into criminal case №12022105040001705 concerning the large-scale misappropriation of funds allegedly carried out by officials of LLC “White Sharks Group”.
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Iran accused of seeking British crypto donations to fund regime
Iran has been accused of using crypto donations from Britain to illicitly bolster its finances.
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Prince Group-linked scam empire targeted by UK sanctions
The British government has blacklisted a major online cryptocurrency marketplace and several key operatives as part of a sweeping sanctions package aimed at dismantling a vast network of Southeast Asian scam compounds.
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Russian war snuff channels turn atrocities in Ukraine into a booming online business run by civilians and teens
Russian Telegram channels that share graphic war footage from Ukraine—including apparent executions and mutilated bodies—have evolved into a lucrative online industry, with some operations reportedly run by civilians and even teenagers, a new investigation has found.