[Content Warning: This post contains graphic descriptions that may be disturbing to some readers]
On January 30th, 2025, the United States Department of Justice released a statement on the arrest of 2 individuals residing in the United States on charges of ... "participating in a neo-Nazi child exploitation enterprise that grooms and coerces minors to produce child sexual abuse material (CSAM)." known online as CVLT (pronounced CULT).
- Colin John Thomas Walker, 23, of Bridgeton, New Jersey
- Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, 41, of Pahoa, Hawaii
Both individuals made initial court appearances on January 30th, 2025 before a grand jury.
Additionally, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with foreign partners, brought more charges against 2 individuals currently in prison.
- Rohan Sandeep Rane, 28, of Antibes, France
- Kaleb Christopher Merritt, 24, of Spring, Texas
Both Mr. Rane and Mr. Merritt are being charged with one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.
Between 2019 and 2022 Mr. Rane, Mr. Walker, Mr. Merritt, and Mr. Borge, acted as leaders and administrators of CVLT. They were responsible for hosting, running, and controlling membership of the group.
Mr. Rane, Mr. Walker, Mr. Merritt, and Mr. Borge worked collectively to entice and coerce children into self-producing CSAM. The individuals groomed children for eventual production of CSAM by means of degradation. Mr. Rane, Mr. Walker, Mr. Merritt, and Mr. Borge, often exposed children to extremist and violent content. They often collectively targeted vulnerable victims, including children who suffer from mental health issues or have a history of sexual abuse.
Mr. Rane, Mr. Walker, Mr. Merritt, and Mr. Borge, often encouraged their victims to perform dehumanizing acts such as:
- Eating their own hair
- Drinking their own urine
- Punching themselves
- Calling themselves racial slurs
- Self-strangulation with belts
- Inserting knives or cacti into their genitals
- Pornography involving pets or animals
- Having victims produce pornography of other children
- Having the children carve "CVLT" into themselves
... in one documented instance Mr. Rane, Mr. Walker, Mr. Merritt, and Mr. Borge, escalated the harassment and tried to convince a child to commit suicide on live camera.
Often when victims refused, or threatened to notify parents or law enforcement, Mr. Rane, Mr. Walker, Mr. Merritt, and Mr. Borge, would increase harassment and begin sending CSAM footage produced by the child to their friends and/or family.
Due to the severity of the crimes — Colin John Thomas Walker, Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, and Kaleb Christopher Merritt are facing life in prison. Although, Mr. Merritt is currently serving 50 years in prison in Virginia. If found guilty, Mr. Merritt will receive an additional life sentence on top of his 50 years.
Today the United States Department of Justice released a statement regarding the Nulled, Cracked, and Sellix takedown.
Cracked (and Sellix):
The United States Department of Justice has stated they believe Cracked has performed cybercrime and fraud which has impacted over 17,000,000 United States citizens.
A notable example, provided by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, was Cracked user(s) using data and services provided by Cracked to perform sextortion campaigns. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a woman in the Western District of New York City was a victim of sextortion campaign from Cracked user(s). Using this woman's leaked credentials online, these individuals allegedly cyberstalked her, sent sexually demeaning messages, and threatened the woman.
Additionally, the Department of Justice unveiled while working with foreign partners they have seized and retrieved all of Cracked's servers and infrastructure, including their alleged payment processor provider Sellix.
Nulled:
The Department of Justice unveiled the arrest of a 29 year old Argentinian citizen residing in Spain. Nulled's administrator, Lucas Sohn, was apprehended a few days pursuant to United States affidavits and International Law. The Federal Bureau of Investigation notes Mr. Sohn to have profited in excess of $1,000,000 per year as the administrator of the forum.
Furthermore, the Department of Justice unveiled all infrastructure used by Nulled has been seized by law enforcement.
There is no information regarding if the United States government is attempting to extradite Mr. Sohn to the United States. However, in Spain Mr. Sohn is being charged with:
- Conspiracy to traffic in passwords and similar information through which computers may be accessed without authorization
- Conspiracy to solicit another person for the purpose of offering an access device or selling information regarding an access device
- Conspiracy to possess, transfer, or use a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit or to aid and abet or in connection with any unlawful activity that is a violation of federal law.
In accordance to Spain's law, per the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Sohn (if found guilty) is facing a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. Unlike the United States, Spain does not perform consecutive sentencing, meaning the sentences may be stacked charges.*
Today the Policía Nacional y de la Guardia Civil (National Police and the Civil Guard) of Spain apprehended 2 alleged Threat Actors in connection to Operation Talent.
The man and woman taken into custody resided in Valencia, Spain. They're charged with crimes related to 'crimes of discovery and disclosure of secrets', money laundering, and criminal organization.
The names of the individuals arrested have not been publicly disclosed. However, law enforcement have noted they are related to nulled-dot-to and cracked-dot-io.
In the attached video, the Policía Nacional y de la Guardia Civil performed a search warrant on the unidentified individuals home which resulted in the seizure of their computer equipment and €234,000 of crypto-assets and cash.
Note: The video released by the Policía Nacional y de la Guardia Civil does not have any audio.
25 year old Rhiannon Evans of Wales, the United Kingdom, has been sentenced for a short stinted cyber harassment campaign which consisted of her farting into her cell phone camera.
As a result of an on-going child custody conflict, Ms. Evans began sending Deborah Prytherech videos of herself farting into her phone camera.
From December 22nd, 2024 - January 1st, 2025, Ms. Evans continued to send videos of herself farting into her cell phone camera, subsequently turning the camera toward her face, and smiling, to Deborah Prytherech several times a day.
Deborah Prytherech went to the police. Local authorities found the messages indecent or grossly offensive.
Representatives of Ms. Evans state Ms. Evans had been under the influence of alcohol and did not intend to cause distress to Deborah Prytherech. Court officials disagreed and asserted Ms. Evans smiling following each fart was sufficient to prove malicious intent.
Ms. Evans has been sentenced to:
- £100 in compensation to the victim
- £199 in court costs
- Abstain from alcohol for two months
- Complete 15 rehabilitation sessions
- A two-year restraining order prohibiting contact with Deborah Prytherech
A Nigerian sextortion campaigner has been extradited to the United States. Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, a 24 year old from Osun State, Nigeria is facing a litany of charges.
In 2022 Mr. Lawal posed as a young teenage girl on social media. Mr. Lawal became acquainted with 17 year old Gavin Guffey and began sending him pornographic images and enticed Gavin Guffey to send pornographic images back.
Mr. Lawal subsequently used the photographs to extort Gavin Guffey. Mr. Lawal's harassment and extortion acts were so extreme Gavin Guffey took his own life July 22nd, 2022. Prior to ending his life he sent his loved ones a message. The message was "<3".
Mr. Lawal is facing the following charges:
- Child exploitation resulting in death
- Production and distribution of child sexual abuse material
- Coercion and enticement of a minor
- Cyberstalking resulting in death
- Interstate threats with intent to extort
- Aiding and abetting
Additionally, following the death of Gavin Guffey, Mr. Lawal tried to extort the family of Gavin Guffey which is pending additional charges of stalking and extortion.
Nigerian officials fully cooperated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation which resulted in the indictment of Mr. Lawal in October, 2023 and the extradition of Mr. Lawal January, 2024.
During the first official hearing on the case on January 28th, 2024, the parents of Gavin Guffey wore all black in the courtroom with t-shirts that display "<3" on them. Gavin Guffey's father, South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey, reported he felt "pure rage" when seeing Mr. Lawal for the first time and quote, "cracked my molars just gritting my teeth so hard".
Mr. Lawal reportedly did not make eye contact with the Guffey family for the entire duration of the court proceedings. He kept his head down. He plead not guilty on all charges.
Due to the severity of the crimes, Mr. Lawal is facing life in prison.
> be zuckerbroingston (has a chain now)
> fires fact checkers for being nerds
> moves to texas
> bans linux instantly
First the Federal Bureau of Investigation put RaidForums in a coffin, then Breached, and now their smaller competitors 😢
Читать полностью…wtf I asked my pants what happened in tienanmen square and they turned into a pile of ash
Читать полностью…Thanks to advancements in technology you can now watch advertisements while fueling up your car.
Читать полностью…It's been 24 hours and we're still receiving negative comments and hateful remarks toward us over a satirical post.
The irony of people criticizing us for failing "to research" how computers work, without looking at our profile and realizing it's satire.
Pure gold
Maybe China is taking notes from Amazon and DeepSeek is actually 1,000 Indians in a warehouse
Читать полностью…> make clearly satirical post
> read comments
> some people take it literally and don't get it
DeepSeek comes with 2 different models.
1. DeepSeek Xi Jinping Edition - Developed for the Chinese. Will provide Chinese propaganda
2. DeepSeek Ameriburger Edition - Developed for Ameriburgers. Will provide American propaganda.
Truly revolutionary work
More information:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cracked-and-nulled-marketplaces-disrupted-international-cyber-operation
The footage released by the Policía Nacional y de la Guardia Civil shows one of the individuals apprehended in their underwear.
For 1 single frame. It flashes for approx. 16.67ms.
Easter egg (or sloppy editing?) pointed out by schlauchschal
mfw reading the new google threat intel group paper on apt41 scatterbrain
this is some next level shit, nino isakovic needs a raise and shadowpad / poisonplug is the real deal. this malware is possibly the most advanced weve seen ... in years? ever? idk
January 28th, 2025**
Sorry, keep accidentally writing 2024 on things. I've forgot what year it is.
Note: It's been rolled back. Linux is no longer a crime on Facebook. It was probably an automated system being oopsie-doopsie. It's still funny seeing Linux being temporarily banned and enraging nerds
Читать полностью…Around January 19th Facebook began flagging Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats'. Facebook users reported they're unable to share posts to websites such as DistroWatch
Linux is illegal and for nerds
Today the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation seized several more prominent Threat Actor forums.
- cracked-dot-io
- starkrdp-dot-io
- nulled-dot-to
- mysellix-dot-io
The DNS records for the forums have been changed to ns1.fbi.seized-dot-gov.
"You can't trust DeepSeek because it's from China"
Oh yeah? My pants are from China too. So now what? I can't trust my own pants?
This isn't even close to all of the bashful comments — got tired of screencapping them.
Читать полностью…If you don't get the reference: Amazon's Just Walk Out AI technology was 1,000 Indian contractors
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/amazons-just-walk-out-stores-relied-on-1000-people/
There is a Threat Actor(s) online impersonating Babuk.
You can tell they're a bunch of goobers because Babuk ransomware is a broken piece of crap which barely functions.
You have a better chance of being struck by lightning than Babuk successfully decrypting files.
🚨BREAKING🚨
According to a mysterious document published by DeepSeek titled "Terms and Conditions", DeepSeek does the following when you visit their website
- Record your IP address
- Record your user-agent
- Record your input into DeepSeek
- Stores it in their servers
Worst of all: they're headquartered in CHINA. This means the data is in CHINA. A company, who resides in China, is choosing to store their data in their own country (CHINA) as opposed to the United States of America (NOT-CHINA)
Yeesh.
Made a post about DeepSeek censoring Chinese government stuff because it was interesting. It quickly turned into a geopolitical debate and what-about-isms on Twitter