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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru ru in 2008. account on Carder[.]su su from 2008.

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

According to the indictment , the alleged hackers targeted more than 45 companies and government agencies from 2006 to 2018 and stole “hundreds of gigabytes” of sensitive data and personal information from its targets. The APT10 Group stole hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive data and information from the victims’ computer systems.

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FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz Appoints Senior Staff

Hunton Privacy

He was formerly an Assistant Director in the Bureau of Competition’s Health Care Services and Products Division, focusing on antitrust enforcement, including anticompetitive practices and mergers involving health care providers and payers, and anticompetitive conduct in the pharmaceutical industry. Department of Justice.