Cybercrime
Type of crime based in computer networks
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| January 21 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump granted Ross Ulbricht a full and unconditional presidential pardon, fulfilling a promise made at the Libertarian Party National Convention during the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| January 21 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump grants Ross Ulbricht a full and unconditional pardon, ending his imprisonment. |
| 2024 | A congressional investigation of a Tarlac POGO hub led to the arrest of Bamban mayor Alice Guo, her alleged sister Shiela Guo, and sister-in-law Cassandra Ong. |
| 2024 | Clemency for Ross Ulbricht became a significant voting concern among many cryptocurrency supporters, as reported by Wired magazine. |
| 2024 | Assange's legal counsel characterized him as a 'journalist who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan', while the US government disputed this characterization. |
| 2024 | Became an Honorary citizen of Rome. |
| 2024 | A congressional investigation of a Tarlac POGO hub led to the arrest of Bamban mayor Alice Guo, her alleged sister Shiela Guo, and sister-in-law Cassandra Ong. |
| November 2024 | The 2024 Libertarian candidate for president, Chase Oliver, expressed his support for commuting Ross Ulbricht's sentence and stated he would grant him a full pardon if elected. |
| October 1 2024 | Assange flew to Strasbourg, France, and addressed the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe, stating he had 'pleaded guilty to journalism' and chosen freedom over justice. |
| August 2024 | The secretary of the Philippines' Department of Migrant Workers announced plans to collect statements from Filipino victims of fraud factories in Laos to identify local recruiters and prepare legal charges. |
| August 2024 | 162 foreign nationals were rescued from scam hubs illegally operating as POGOs in Cebu. |
| August 2024 | The secretary of the Philippines' Department of Migrant Workers announced plans to collect statements from Filipino victims of fraud factories in Laos to identify local recruiters and prepare legal charges. |
| August 2024 | 162 foreign nationals were rescued from scam hubs illegally operating as POGOs in Cebu. |
| July 2024 | NCSC collaborated with international partners to reveal a North Korean state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign targeting military and nuclear secrets, highlighting the actions of the Andariel group. |
| July 2024 | Brig. Gen. Zaw Min was given a death sentence for his alleged role in online scam operations. |
| July 2024 | NCSC collaborated with international partners to reveal a North Korean state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign targeting military and nuclear secrets, highlighting the actions of the Andariel group. |
| July 2024 | Brig. Gen. Zaw Min was given a death sentence for his alleged role in online scam operations. |
| July 17 2024 | The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was officially announced, marking the beginning of its legislative journey in the UK parliament. |
| June 2024 | Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a promise to pardon Ross Ulbricht if elected. |
| June 26 2024 | Arrived in Australia after negotiating a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors, pleading guilty to an Espionage Act charge in exchange for time served. |
| June 26 2024 | Assange arrived in Saipan and pleaded guilty to a charge under the Espionage Act of 1917 at approximately 9:45 am local time, with Judge Ramona Villagomez Manglona accepting his plea and sentencing him to 62 months time served. |
| June 24 2024 | Plea bargain agreed where Assange would plead guilty to one felony count of violating the Espionage Act in exchange for immediate release, with a sentence of 62 months time served. |
| May 2024 | 473 legal actions were reported against the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to the ransomware attack, with the State Claims Agency managing 12 personal injury cases primarily focused on the psychological impact of the cyber incident. |
| May 2024 | Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that if re-elected President, he would commute Ulbricht's sentence on his first day in office. |
| May 2024 | 473 legal actions were reported against the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to the ransomware attack, with the State Claims Agency managing 12 personal injury cases primarily focused on the psychological impact of the cyber incident. |
| May 20 2024 | High Court judges Dame Victoria Sharp and Sir Jeremy Johnson found that the US assurances regarding the First Amendment and nationality were not sufficient and gave Assange leave to appeal against extradition. |
| April 10 2024 | President Biden said the US was considering the Australian government's call for Assange's return. |
| March 2024 | Brig. Gen. Zaw Min, a former Regional Operations Command chief of Laukkai, was imprisoned by Myanmar's military government for alleged involvement in online scam operations. |
| March 2024 | Interpol estimated that Southeast Asian organized crime networks generate combined revenues of $2 to $3 trillion per year, with typical criminal organizations making $50 billion annually. |
| March 2024 | Over 800 Filipinos and foreign nationals were rescued from a large scam hub in Bamban, Tarlac, which was raided for alleged illegal activities including crypto and love scams. |
| March 2024 | Brig. Gen. Zaw Min, a former Regional Operations Command chief of Laukkai, was imprisoned by Myanmar's military government for alleged involvement in online scam operations. |
| March 2024 | Interpol estimated that Southeast Asian organized crime networks generate combined revenues of $2 to $3 trillion per year, with typical criminal organizations making $50 billion annually. |
| March 2024 | Over 800 Filipinos and foreign nationals were rescued from a large scam hub in Bamban, Tarlac, which was raided for alleged illegal activities including crypto and love scams. |
| February 20 2024 | A two-day hearing began in the High Court, with Assange too ill to attend. His legal team requested leave to appeal the extradition order. |
| February 14 2024 | The Australian House of Representatives passed a motion calling for Assange's immediate release and return to Australia, with a vote of 86 to 42. |
| January 5 2024 | The Three Brotherhood Alliance fully captured the city of Laukkai in Kokang, resulting in over 40,000 people involved in fraud factories being returned to China. |
| January 5 2024 | The Three Brotherhood Alliance fully captured the city of Laukkai in Kokang, resulting in over 40,000 people involved in fraud factories being returned to China. |
| 2023 | The Terrapin attack was assigned the CVE ID CVE-2023-48795. |
| 2023 | Researchers created a vulnerability scanner to help determine if SSH servers or clients are vulnerable to the Terrapin attack. |
| 2023 | United Nations Human Rights Office estimated at least 120,000 people trafficked to Myanmar's online scam compounds and 100,000 in Cambodia. |
| 2023 | Dáil Éireann's Public Accounts Committee examined the financial impact of the cyber attack, revealing the Department of Health spent €1 million and the HSE spent €53 million in immediate response costs. |
| 2023 | Granted political asylum refugee status by the Italian city of Perugia. |
| 2023 | Awarded the Konrad Wolf Prize. |
| 2023 | United Nations Human Rights Office estimated at least 120,000 people trafficked to Myanmar's online scam compounds and 100,000 in Cambodia. |
| December 2023 | Writer Charles Glass visited Assange in Belmarsh, noting he was pale and had accumulated 232 books during his confinement. |
| November 2023 | China issued arrest warrants for junta-aligned Ming Xuechang and three other Ming family members for involvement in online scamming operations. Ming subsequently committed suicide, while the other three family members were captured by Burmese authorities and handed over to China. |
| November 2023 | China issued arrest warrants for junta-aligned Ming Xuechang and three other Ming family members for involvement in online scamming operations. Ming subsequently committed suicide, while the other three family members were captured by Burmese authorities and handed over to China. |
| October 27 2023 | The Three Brotherhood Alliance launched Operation 1027 against the Myanmar military regime, with a specific goal of eradicating scam centers in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. |
| October 27 2023 | The Three Brotherhood Alliance launched Operation 1027 against the Myanmar military regime, with a specific goal of eradicating scam centers in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. |
| August 14 2023 | US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy flagged a potential plea deal for Assange after meeting with Australian parliamentarians. |
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