Swissport, the world's largest airline and airport service provider, has been hit by a ransomware group behind the attack, BlackCat, and the ransom hackers have been selling all 1.6 terabytes of their stolen data on dark web sites.

Blockchain analytics provider Elliptic revealed that the four Russian sites earned a total of about $263 million in digital assets through illegal transactions. The three most commonly used cryptocurrencies are bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH) and litecoin (LTC).

The FBI uncovered clues to the plot through an online chat room conversation on the Dark Web, where the young man, born in Battaglia, said he wanted to commit a terrorist act in Portugal. The Portuguese police were then notified.

Europe's largest car importer, Swiss group Emil Frey, has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The data was found on the dark web and apparently customers in Switzerland and Germany were affected.

A 41-year-old man from Delfzijl was sentenced to six months in prison, half of which was suspended, for trying to buy a gun while the police pretended to be the seller.

According to Trustwave SpiderLabs, members of the underground forum believe their countries are no longer safe havens and fear arrest. Some have suggested moving their ransomware operations to India, China, the Middle East or Israel.

Scatchrad, who is unemployed, set up an account on TorMarket under the username "freshkiwiproduce" and advertises various drugs on the TorMarket marketplace, including MDMA, LSD, Viagra and Ritalin.

Law enforcement has taken action against the criminal misuse of VPN services. A large number of cybercriminals used VPN services provided by VPNLab.net, which police recently shut down. VPN providers' services, designed to provide shielded communications and Internet access, were used to support serious crimes such as ransomware deployments and other cybercriminal activities.

A special team of Delhi Police recently arrested six people in a crackdown on exam cheating in Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. The criminal gang advertised on the dark web to attract candidates to pay high fees and used hacking to get them to pass the exams.

Vienna drug investigators have arrested five suspects for trafficking marijuana on the dark web. They had grown marijuana in five locations in eastern Austria and sent it by mail.