Intelligence Agencies | ForkLog

ForkLog 31 01.12.2021

FBI seizes more than 39 BTC from wallet of Russian national linked to REvil

In August the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized about $2.3 million in cryptocurrency obtained from ransomware attacks by the REville group (also known as Sodinokibi).

AI translated

ForkLog 14 02.11.2021

Ukraine uncovers mining farm stealing electricity on an industrial scale

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered a mining farm whose organizers stole electricity from the regional power grid on an industrial scale.

AI translated

ForkLog 19 11.10.2021

US Navy employee sold secret data for $100,000 in cryptocurrency

A United States Navy employee and his spouse have been arrested on suspicion of selling secret data for cryptocurrency. This was reported on the Justice Department's website.

AI translated

ForkLog 21 13.09.2021

Three SBU officers face charges over kidnapping of a businessman and extortion of 7 BTC

The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine has established the involvement of three cyber department officers of the Security Service (SBU) in the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency trader and the theft of money from him.

AI translated

ForkLog 11 11.08.2021

SBU says it disrupted illicit cryptocurrency exchanges in Kyiv

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that it halted the operation of a network of 'underground cryptocurrency exchanges' in Kyiv.

AI translated

uskoryayushhei-sya-fragmentatsii-mirovogo-interneta

ForkLog 26 16.07.2021

Vinnytsia mining farm turned out to be an IT company that legally bought electricity

In the former warehouse spaces of Vinnytsiaoblenergo, there was IT company MMI Engineering, engaged in software development, network servicing and training of artificial intelligence.

AI translated

ForkLog 24 14.07.2021

SBU-discovered data centre in Vinnytsia ran bot-boosting, not mining

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has clarified details of the investigation into the mining farm discovered a week ago in one of the former warehouse premises of Vinnytsiaoblenergo.

AI translated

ForkLog 15 08.07.2021

SBU uncovers Ukraine’s largest illicit crypto mining farm

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered in Vinnytsia a mining farm illegally connected to the power grid. The agency said this was the largest illicit mining farm ever detected by Ukrainian law enforcement.

AI translated

ForkLog 7 09.06.2021

SBU uncovers illegal mining farm and seizes 350 devices for cryptocurrency mining

Staff of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detected an illegal mining farm in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The miners connected the equipment to one of the transformer substations.

AI translated

ForkLog 13 08.06.2021

Police arrest 800 people using FBI-built encrypted app

In a sprawling international operation, law enforcement arrested around 800 suspects in connection with various crimes. To identify them, the FBI, in collaboration with Australian police, developed a special encrypted app.

AI translated

ForkLog 27 08.06.2021

FBI recovers 63.7 BTC from Colonial Pipeline ransom, gains access to a Bitcoin wallet

The FBI returned the bulk of the ransom paid to the DarkSide hackers in Bitcoin after the attack on Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the U.S. oil pipeline.

AI translated

ForkLog 14 25.05.2021

SBU uncovers Russian bot farm paid in cryptocurrency

Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) halted a bot farm in Cherkasy. Internet agitators used it to destabilise the country.

AI translated

#Intelligence Agencies