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Skynet Dark Web Market Founder Pleads Guilty – eCrimeBytes Nibble #38
This is not the Skynet you know from The Terminator. This Skynet was a dark web forum used by those looking to purchase or sell stolen credit card information. According to the Justice Department, Michael D. Mihalo Jr. was the founder of Skynet and “personally possessed, sent, and received the…
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AI Makes Child Porn Too – eCrimeBytes Nibble #37
With every technological advancement someone will eventually come along and exploit it. Well, those using AI have been caught deepfaking child porn. At first I thought this was a case of creating the material from scratch, but it’s much worse than that. Steven Larouche of Canada use AI technology to…
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Ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan Receives Probation For Cover Up – eCrimeBytes Nibble #36
Sit back and listen to the story of Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer (CSO) and his cover up of a data breach landing him… probation? This was a highly publicized case where a corporate executive (Joe Sullivan) used his powers to cover up a data breach at Uber.…
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One Of Florida’s Biggest Ponzi Schemes – eCrimeBytes Nibble #35
Michael DaCorta was behind a FL Ponzi scheme tricking 700 victims into giving him $80 million dollars to invest. It looks like this was a traditional Ponzi scheme where earlier “investors” in his foreign currency trading company named Oasis International Group were paid returns from later “investors”. Meanwhile, OIG was…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 14: A Doctor Sells Out
Between 2014-2016 there were multiple doctors, pharmaceutical sales reps, firefighters, police officers, and family members involved in a multi million health care fraud organized crime ring. How was this group able to make money from prescribing fraudulent prescriptions to fake patients? You’ll have to listen to find out! Sit back…
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YouTuber Intentionally Crashes Plane For The Likes – eCrimeBytes Nibble #34
On Nov 24, 2021 Trevor Jacob took off from an airport in California. This was no ordinary flight as Jacob claimed to have the ashes of a friend with him. Oddly, his plane had many cameras mounted inside and outside for the trip. Why? Well along the way he pretended…
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Ex-Ubiquiti Engineer Sentenced To 6 Years For Data Theft And Extortion – eCrimeBytes Nibble #33
An ex-Ubiquiti engineer behind their massive 2020 data theft was sentenced to six years. Nickolas Sharp purchased and used SurfShark VPN to hide his IP address as he downloaded their GitHub repositories from home. He also hid his IP address when he attempted to cover his tracks by switching their…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 13: Credit Fixers For Hire
From late 2009 through October 2012 credit repair companies were everywhere. While most credit repair companies played by the rules, some did not. This week, we will give you a story of electronic crimes that bring two credit repair businesses, two Miami-Dade police officers, and others to justice for fraudulently…
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Georgia Man Sentenced For Cyber Fraud Theft Of Over $2 Million, His Brother Is Still At Large – eCrimeBytes Nibble #31
In this case, Christian Akhatsegbe worked with others to defraud companies through fake invoices sent via stolen corporate credentials. Apparently the invoices looked real enough for one victim to pay nearly $1 million. Other victims thought the invoices looked suspicious and did not pay. In total, they sent almost $13…