#ransom-allegation

#ransom-allegation

"This phishing attempt was made possible by an abuse of the account creation flow. It was not a breach of our systems or customer accounts, and personal information and funds were not impacted."

The FBI notice states that Nai Ping Hou was last seen in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and that his bank accounts were depleted before law enforcement was notified.

The investigation began in November 2025, when police were alerted to a suspected SMS blaster operating in downtown Toronto. Police later determined that the blaster was operating out of a car, which allowed it to move around the city and Greater Toronto Area.

Xu Zewei was transferred from Milan and appeared in federal court in Houston on a nine-count indictment alleging wire fraud, identity theft, and unauthorized access to protected computers. Authorities allege he was part of a network of contract hackers operating on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security.

The national anti-organized crime prosecutor's investigation revealed that structured criminal networks are actively recruiting participants and systematically targeting the families of known cryptocurrency holders.

In a notice sent to customers on Monday and seen by The Register, the EV charging outfit said that it detected "unusual activity" on its AWS cloud platform on March 7 and quickly discovered that attackers had launched a ransomware attack against parts of its infrastructure. According to the message, some databases were both encrypted and copied during the intrusion, meaning that the crooks likely walked off with user information before the company pulled the plug.