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Teen hacker from notorious Scattered Spider ring sentenced to 10 years in federal prison
He also agreed to pay $13 million in restitution as part of his plea deal
In a nutshell: A Palm Coast, Florida, man linked to a notorious hacking crew will spend the next decade in federal prison after admitting to a multimillion-dollar cybercrime spree that relied on SIM-swapping attacks to steal cryptocurrency. The sentencing closes a two-year investigation that exposed one of the largest fraud schemes tied to a group known as Scattered Spider.
Hacker arrested after exploiting 5,000 accounts in $4.5 million cryptojacking scheme
Suspect could face up to 15 years in Ukranian prison
Two MIT alumni brothers accused of $25 million crypto fraud in record time
Both are facing decades in prison if convicted
Beware of fake MSI Afterburner that installs cryptojacking and information-stealing malware
The overclocking tool's popularity is being exploited again
If you downloaded a Google Translate desktop app, it's probably cryptojacking malware
There is no desktop-native Google Translate
Hackers-for-hire identified as largest cybersecurity threat, cryptojacking also popular
Pandemic has led to ransomware, malware, and more threats growing
Free games including GTA V have infected 222,000 PCs with cryptojacking malware
Making over $2 million for the hackers behind it
Microsoft is using Intel CPU tech to thwart crypto-mining malware
Beefing up cryptojacking defenses
Coinhive, the browser-based cryptomining service loved by hackers, is closing down
The result of a crashing crypto market
Cryptomining malware attacks up 4,000 percent over the past year
Will falling crypto values divert hackers' efforts?
Steam game Abstractism accused of cryptojacking players' PCs
Valve has now pulled it from the store
Tesla's cloud account hacked to mine cryptocurrency
The company says no customer data was compromised
Cryptomining malware found in US, UK, and Australian government websites
Over 4200 sites were affected