A UK-based hacker, Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky (26), linked to the Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) and Spider Team, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for defacing thousands of websites and possessing stolen personal data.

U.S. authorities have charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz for operating the RapperBot botnet, also known as "CowBot" and "Eleven Eleven Botnet." This botnet facilitated over 370,000 DDoS attacks across 80+ countries.

CP3O a Nebraska resident has been sentenced to one year in prison for orchestrating a $3.5 million cryptojacking scheme. He faced up to 20 years in prison after defrauding cloud computing providers to mine cryptocurrency worth nearly $1 million.

The U.S. Treasury Department has renewed and expanded sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, its successor Grinex, and associated individuals and entities.

The March 2025 executive order focuses on state and local preparedness, including for cyberattacks. The June 2025 executive order introduces sweeping changes to federal cybersecurity policy.

Four Ghanaian nationals have been indicted for orchestrating a transnational fraud ring responsible for over $100 million in losses through romance scams and Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes.

The Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) has initiated civil proceedings against telecommunications provider Optus over a 2022 data breach that compromised the personal information of 9.5 million Australians.

A Nigerian national, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, was extradited from France to the US to face charges related to a multi-year cyber-enabled fraud campaign. The scheme involved spearphishing attacks, identity theft, and fraudulent filings.

Google’s Project Zero has launched a new trial policy called Reporting Transparency, under which it will publicly disclose limited information about newly discovered vulnerabilities within one week of notifying the affected vendor.

The FBI has seized approximately 20.29 Bitcoins (valued at over $2.4 million) from a cryptocurrency address linked to a member of the new Chaos ransomware operation. This operation is believed to be a rebrand of the BlackSuit ransomware group.