Cybersecurity

Belarusian National Linked to BTC-e Faces 25 Years for $4 Billion Crypto Money Laundering

Feb 05, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Financial Fraud A 42-year-old Belarusian and Cypriot national with alleged connections to the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e is facing charges related to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money services business. Aliaksandr Klimenka, who was arrested in Latvia on December 21, 2023, was extradited to the U.S. If convicted, he faces […]

Cybersecurity

Hacktivists Shut Down Top State-Owned Belarusian News Agency

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Government Belarusian Cyber-Partisans Claim New Year’s Weekend Attack Wiped Servers, Backups Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • January 2, 2024     The defaced BelTA website before hacktivists took it down over the weekend (Image: Wayback Machine, Internet Archive) Over the New Year’s holiday weekend, Belarusian hacktivists […]