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Russian fintech entrepreneur Gleb Markov’s business collapse: from billion-ruble losses at Moscow-based FIT and PayQR to the liquidation of his Crypterium crypto project
Widely known in business circles, Gleb Markov is famous for his numerous machinations.
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How Belarusian businessman Andrei Shimanovich built an app empire shadowed by spyware concerns
Which apps with millions of users are linked to Shimanovich – and why cybersecurity experts describe them as dangerous. In which offshore jurisdictions Shimanovich established his companies – and which notorious figures did he collaborate with.
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“Don’t mix it up”: Telegram founder Durov responded to the “terrorist” status in Russia with a collage of Lavrov with the Taliban
Pavel Durov reacted to his inclusion in the Russian list of terrorists and extremists with an ironic collage. In one photo — Durov himself with the caption “accomplice of terrorists.”
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov is again trolling the FSB — this time with an avatar of himself as a terrorist
Telegram founder Pavel Durov reacted to a new accusation from the Russian FSB by changing his avatar, depicting himself in the image of a terrorist.
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FSB puts Telegram founder Pavel Durov on international wanted list for “assisting terrorism”
The FSB has placed Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov on the international wanted list and charges him with assisting Ukrainian special services.
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Belarusian spyware co-founder linked to apps sending user data to Belarus and Russia
Mobile apps that appear to be Lithuanian were developed by a Belarusian company, raising risks that exiled activists could be surveilled by security agents from the authoritarian country.
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Phoinexes, new Loanledger crypto Ponzi scam, tries to lure victims with fake rebirth promises and bogus AI trading claims
The Russian state security service — FSB — has been trying to implement AI in its anti-opposition operations for at least two years. IStories investigated how the development of the Pauk (“Spider”) system went — and why it was stopped (at least for now)
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Child predators increasingly coerce victims into creating abuse images and self-harm, experts warn
Cases of predators coercing children into producing sexual photos and videos of themselves have surged globally in the past year, a cruel phenomenon known as “sadistic online exploitation”, child safety experts and law enforcement officials warn.
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Berlin man charged with raping unconscious women as police investigate up to 60 victims
A Berlin man has been charged with nearly two dozen counts of raping unconscious women and filming the acts, while investigators believe based on video evidence that the suspect may have attacked up to 60 victims.
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Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over cyberattack that crippled London’s transport network
Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area.
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Russian authorities used Israeli Cellebrite tool to access opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov’s iPhone, report finds
In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.
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Ex-CIA officer warns Russia may be using covert UK networks after Starmer-linked arson plot
Sean Wiswesser says attacks linked to PM Keir Starmer were part of Russia’s sabotage campaign.
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Two “useful idiots” jailed over arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer
Two criminal proxies branded "useful idiots" have been jailed for a series of arson attacks targeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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Cybercrime now makes up over 30% of recorded crime in much of Asia-Pacific
Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 percent of all recorded crime in more than half of the Asia and South Pacific countries surveyed by Interpol, according to the agency’s regional threat assessment.
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Instagram users targeted by scammers after sudden Meta account bans
Hackers may be mass-reporting Instagram accounts and charging users thousands to restore them.
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OCCRP exposes sanctions-busting payment agents helping Russia buy European drones
As Western sanctions attempt to choke off Russia from international trade, payment brokers are advertising services on Telegram to move funds through layered intermediaries.
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UK warns hostile states are using young online recruits for sabotage attacks
Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Google sues China-based phishing network accused of $1.9bn scam operation
A lawsuit filed by Google against an alleged China-based phishing network may help the company seize reachable infrastructure and make fraud harder for criminals, but is unlikely to stop the broader scam ecosystem, a cybersecurity expert told OCCRP on Tuesday.
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Starmer family home arson exposed as part of Russia-linked sabotage campaign in Britain
A Russian online sabotage network was behind a series of arson attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s family home and other targets linked to the UK prime minister, an FT investigation has found.
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Starmer property arson case exposes alleged Russian sabotage network in UK
Two men found guilty over a series of arson attacks on property linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer were instructed to do so by a Russian-linked social media channel.
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OnlyFans models expose threats, abuse and control by unregulated management agencies
Having read about how much easy money can be made as an OnlyFans model, Rebecca was excited when she joined and got off to a good start.
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Kremlin-linked extremists accused of exploiting Henry Nowak murder to inflame UK unrest
Anetwork of Russian far-right extremists steeped in neo-Nazi antisemitism – created under the umbrella of a sanctioned oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and now openly promoted by Tommy Robinson – has been driving ‘White Lives Matter’ propaganda over the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, Byline Times can reveal.
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Telegram under scrutiny as review claims app leaks identifiers that could enable user tracking
An independent cybersecurity review obtained by Important Stories found that Telegram exposes persistent device identifiers that could allow passive tracking of users across networks and locations.
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Experts confirm Telegram traffic flaw could let spies map users worldwide
IStories has obtained an expert report from Symbolic Software, a firm specializing in cybersecurity analysis and technical audits of applications for tech giants such as Zoom, Mozilla, Coinbase, and many others.
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Russian-linked handlers accused of orchestrating ‘gig economy’ sabotage campaign across Ukraine
Last April, a young man with light brown hair entered a small railway station in central Ukraine, where he loitered for an hour before approaching a metal cabinet.
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