Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old arrested at the behest of U.S. authorities in October in Kitchener, Ontario, faces 20 federal charges.

The Department of Justice also indicted two men tied to the exchange.

A flurry of unsealed indictments reveal China’s alleged well-coordinated effort to use a hacker-for-hire ecosystem to conduct espionage while obscuring the government’s direct involvement.

Federal prosecutors accuse Cameron Wagenius of searching how to defect to Russia before he tried to sell stolen data to a foreign intelligence service.

Also known as “Saim Raza,” the group was allegedly responsible for over $3 million in losses.

The department alleges that a North Carolina-based laptop farm enabled access for two North Korean nationals over the course of the scheme.

Conor Fitzpatrick was initially sentenced to 20 years of supervised release following a guilty plea in July 2023.

Courts and federal regulators too often treat consumers as bystanders, a Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law expert argues.

Star Blizzard, known to be part of Russia’s FSB, moved schemes to the messaging platform last November.

The DOJ said the men behind Blender.io and Sinbad.io “made it easier for state-sponsored hacking groups” to profit off their crimes.