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Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for selling $100 million worth of counterfeit Cisco network equipment to government, health, education, and military organizations worldwide. These devices all had "Counterfeit Cisco labels, stickers, boxes, documentation, and packaging, all bearing counterfeit trademarks registered and owned by Cisco that made the goods falsely appear to be new, genuine, and high-quality devices manufactured and authorized by Cisco."
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The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations. Water plants use OT devices to manage water treatment, distribution, and pressure to provide a continuous and safe water supply.
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Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service saw that the traffic to the fake domains is typically similar to what the legitimate site records and it is even higher during holidays. "The amount of traffic to the illegitimate domains was almost equal to the amount of traffic to legitimate domains on a normal day - and greatly exceeded legitimate traffic during the holidays." - Akamai.
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for laundering more than $100 million from various criminal enterprises through Samourai, a cryptocurrency mixer service they ran for nearly a decade. In addition to crypto mixing services, Samourai also offered a service called "Ricochet," which allowed users to send cryptocurrency using additional and unnecessary intermediate transactions to thwart law enforcement and crypto exchange efforts to track funds sourced from criminal activity.
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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies. Entities at least 50% owned by blocked persons are also subject to freeze, and transactions involving their assets are prohibited without OFAC authorization, while financial institutions and other organizations dealing with sanctioned individuals and companies also risk exposure to sanctions or enforcement actions.
The Department of State has started imposing visa restrictions on mercenary spyware makers and peddlers, prohibiting their entry into the United States, as announced earlier in February. The crackdown has begun with 13 individuals and their close families linked to commercial spyware operations.