一名被指控的黑客在 TikTok 上获得了声名，社交媒体影响者们正在为他的释放呼吁。但在此之前……
**焦点新闻：**
1. **英国揭发与克里姆林堡间的合作**
2. **事件加速后，苏联领袖的策划**
3. **作者考虑下一步行动，表决后决定**
一个由网名 “$$” 和 “@SkidStar” 所代表的二人组，成功实施了一起价值 2380万美元的加密货币盗取和洗钱案。据当局透露，他们在八月中旬犯下此案，并在 FBI 到访前花费了这笔巨款在机票、夜店活动、豪华汽车、名表、珠宝、名牌手袋以及洛杉矶与迈阿密的住所租金上。
马洛内·拉姆（20岁），来自佛罗里达州迈阿密，和他的疑似同谋杰安迪尔·塞尔诺（Jeandiel Serrano，21岁），位于加州洛杉矶，于上月末被美国司法部指控合谋窃取和洗钱超过 2380万美元的加密货币。受害者身份至今仍未知。
据信在案发数周内便成功逮捕了这两人。这次案件因其盗取金额巨大且迅速被捕而引人注目。此外，社交媒体在这起事件中的作用也颇受关注。拉姆和他的朋友们会在 Discord 和 TikTok 上分享购买奢侈品和夜店狂欢的视频。
被捕后，马洛内的案例在社交网络中成为了话题。在 TikTok 上出现了年轻女子穿着印有他脸像的 t 恤跳舞，并呼吁当局“释放马洛内”的视频内容。#Free Malone 成为了一个热门标签，用户们分享了洛杉矶与迈阿密夜生活的话题。有些用户声称他们可能接近过马洛内，在他们的短视频中背景中发现了名为“马洛内”的灯箱作为证据。
TikTok 的影响者们也在自己发布的视频中阅读指控书内容，并在 Telegram 频道上分享马洛内的头像，与 Com 团队相关的黑客组织的成员（通常由青少年组成）对此也有所响应。
让人联想到的是 2018 年的一起涉及同龄人埃利斯·宾斯基（Ellis Pinsky，当时只有 15 岁）实施了价值 2400万美元加密货币盗窃事件。此案同样涉及夜店、Com 团队以及对社交网络影响力的追求。
关于埃利斯·宾斯基的受害者，加密货币公关专家提林赢得法院批准，可起诉 AT&T 关于 SIM swap 攻击案。
提林在 2020 年向 AT&T 提起诉讼，指控该公司未能保护他的电话号码不被一群十几岁的黑客窃取（其中包括当时 15 岁的宾斯基），这些黑客盗走了价值 2400万美元的加密货币。
宾斯基告诉《彭博商业周刊》，为了实施攻击，他与一名 AT&T 工作人员合作，将提林的电话号码转移到宾斯基控制的设备上。这使得宾斯基能够拦截安全代码，并用它们重置提林在线账户包括电子邮件和加密货币钱包等信息。
电信巨头在 2023 年三月赢得一项动议来驳回提林的 2 亿美元惩罚性损害赔偿请求。周一，第九巡回上诉法院裁定，尽管提林此前提出的大部分指控应被剔除，但联邦通信法下的一个关键问题——即是否应该保护客户的电话号码——应在审判中回答。
“上诉法庭拒绝了 AT&T 的所有论点，裁定 AT&T 当它允许黑客进入其系统、访问客户 AT&T 账户并窃取客户私人信息或资产时，对损失承担责任是合理的。”提林的律师皮尔斯·奥多诺（Pierce O’Donnell）表示。
2023 年报告给 FBI 的 SIM swap 损失总额为近 5 亿美元，较前一年的 7.3 亿美元有所下降。
“我们很高兴上诉法庭支持我们的观点并驳回他诉讼中的几乎全部指控。”AT&T 发言人说道。“我们将继续为这一案件中剩下的一个控诉辩护。”
几乎每 20 名美国成人中有 1 人在与俄罗斯支付者合作时遭遇诈骗。这些黑客成功了近五分之二。
FBI 和 Mandiant 捕获了一名企图进行一系列攻击的“连环黑客”。一位巴西柔术黑带在为国税局服务的同时展示其武艺。
汽车制造商正在对国会的调查提出辩护，以解释他们在保护用户数据方面的政策。
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原文地址：Accused Crypto Hacker Becomes an Overnight TikTok Celebrity
新闻日期：2024-10-02
原文摘要：
Hi, I’m Margi. An accused hacker gains fame on TikTok, where influencers are calling for his release. But first… Must Reads:• UK says worked with Kremlin spies • , plots accelerated after Soleimani death in 2020 • Author of weighs next steps after veto A duo known by the online nicknames "$$$" and "@SkidStar" pulled off an audacious SIM swap — to the tune of $238 million in cryptocurrency — and blew it on luxury items, according to authorities. But their spending spree didn't last long.Malone Lam, 20, of Miami, Florida, and his alleged co-conspirator Jeandiel Serrano, 21, of Los Angeles, California, were charged late last month by the US Justice Department with conspiracy to steal and launder over $238 million in cryptocurrency. The case involves a single victim, who remains unidentified.The alleged theft took place in mid-August, and in the short time before the FBI knocked on their door, the pair spent the money on airline tickets, nightclub outings, luxury cars, watches, jewelry, designer handbags and rent for homes in LA and Miami, according to . The case is fascinating for the sheer amount stolen in the hack and for the fact that it took only weeks to arrest the suspects. What also struck me was the role social media played in the case. Lam and his friends had been sharing videos and pictures on Discord and TikTok of newly purchased swag and nightclub partying, according to three people familiar with the suspects and videos viewed by Bloomberg News. At the time of the arrests, a video that purportedly showed Discord users congratulating themselves for moving $238 million into a crypto wallet in their possession was by cryptocurrency scam investigator Zachary Wolk.A lawyer for Lam said he should be considered innocent until proven otherwise. Serrano’s lawyer didn’t respond to a request for comment.Since his arrest, Lam has entered the unofficial social media hall of fame. TikTok videos feature young women dancing in t-shirts with his face on them, asking authorities to “Free Malone.” Those two words are now a popular hashtag on the app, where users are posting about nights out in LA and Miami. Some revelers say they might have been within touching distance of Lam, pointing to “Malone” lightboxes in the background of their videos as evidence. (Lightboxes are signs that bottle girls hold up when someone at a nightclub has paid for expensive drinks to be delivered to their table.)TikTok influencers have also posted videos of themselves reading the indictment aloud, while memes with Lam’s face have been shared across Telegram channels associated with the Com, a loose-knit hacking group typically made up of teenagers.The circumstances remind me of the infamous $24 million cryptocurrency heist by then 15-year-old Ellis Pinsky back in 2018, which also involved clubbing, the Com and the desire for social media clout.Speaking of Ellis Pinsky, the victim in that case, cryptocurrency public relations guru , got the green light this week to take AT&T to court over the SIM swap hack.Terpin sued AT&T in 2020 for failing to protect his phone number from a group of teenage hackers — including then 15-year-old Pinsky — who stole $24 million of his cryptocurrency.Pinsky told Bloomberg Businessweek that to conduct , he worked with an AT&T employee to transfer Terpin’s phone number to a device that Pinsky controlled. This allowed Pinsky to intercept security codes which he used to reset Terpin’s online accounts including emails and cryptocurrency wallets.The telecommunications giant won a motion in March 2023 to dismiss Terpin's $200 million punitive damages claim. On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that while most of the claims Terpin previously brought should be thrown out, the question of whether Terpin’s phone number should have been kept safe under the Federal Communications Act should be answered at trial.“Rejecting all of AT&T’s arguments, the Court of Appeals held that AT&T can be liable in damages under the Federal Communications Act when it allows a hacker to get into its system, access the customer’s AT&T account, and steal the customer’s private information or assets,” said Terpin’s lawyer Pierce O’Donnell of Greenburg Glusker.Almost $50 million in losses from SIM swaps were reported in 2023, down from $73 million in 2022, according to reports made to the FBI.“We are pleased that the appellate court agreed with us and dismissed nearly all of the claims in his lawsuit,” an AT&T spokesperson said. “We will continue to defend ourselves against the one remaining allegation in this case.”Russia-paid influencers, trolls step up efforts to . duping 20% of the US adults they encounter.How the FBI and Mandiant caught a ‘serial hacker’ who tried to .Meet the black belt in Brazilian jujitsu who serves as an Internal Revenue Service . 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