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Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

May 31, 2025 by DON

Several cybersecurity researchers who have tracked Trickbot extensively tell WIRED they were unaware of the announcement. An anonymous account on the social media platform X recently claimed that Kovalev used the Stern handle and published alleged details about him. WIRED messaged multiple accounts that supposedly belong to Kovalev, according to the X account and a … Read more

The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin

May 22, 2025 by DON

In fact, agents were still there, in his cousin’s home, listening in on the call, which she had made at their instruction. Akasha told his cousin not to talk to the cops—not knowing she already had—and promised to pay for her lawyer. He advised her to delete every communication they had ever had. Then he … Read more