A ransomware group that stole some confidential information held by the British police used "phishing" to attack an IT company serving the police, demanding ransom from the IT company called Dacoll.

For the first time, operators of dark web data centers were convicted of making illegal operations in the network possible in the first place. However, they were acquitted of charges of aiding and abetting some 250,000 crimes on the site.

In recent years, Russia has been steadily pushing for more Internet censorship, requiring foreign tech giants to open representative offices in the country and store data on local servers, and banning several VPNs in addition to blocking Tor.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said, "This grant provides our Cyber Crime Unit with the resources necessary to help stop counterfeit goods from entering the Portland marketplace."

Video clips taken from thousands of hacked "smart home" cameras showing victims naked and even having sex are being sold online.

The group brought in at least 425,000 euros (£360,000) and may have gained access to government systems or obtained encryption keys from national health authorities.

The Tor Project has announced that it will offer hoodies, T-shirts and stickers to encourage Tor relay maintainers to get the number of bridge servers back up.

Data is a popular commodity on the dark web, where people buy and sell sensitive information, much of which is stolen through cyber vulnerabilities. Usernames, passwords, account numbers, financial records, credit card details, medical records - all of these are available for access.

Since updating to Tor 0.4.6.8, the v2 Onion service is no longer available in the Tor Browser and users will receive an "Invalid Onion Site Address" error.

Bitdefender is actively supporting this investigation by providing key technical insights throughout the process, as well as providing decryption tools for both prolific ransomware families to help victims recover their files. kpn and McAfee Enterprises are additional supportive partners who are also supporting the investigation by providing technical expertise to law enforcement. This investigation.