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Researchers didn’t want to glamorize cybercrims. So they roasted them.

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC·Source: DataBreaches.net

Updated: Monday, April 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC

Executive Summary

Jessica Lyons reports: Cybercrime crews have become almost mystical entities, with security vendors assigning them names like Wizard Spider and Velvet Tempest. They hide out in hidden corners of the dark web (often accompanied by a clearnet leak site), leading some infosec folks to talk about these miscreants as if they are invincible. But not... Source

Analysis

Jessica Lyons reports: Cybercrime crews have become almost mystical entities, with security vendors assigning them names like Wizard Spider and Velvet Tempest. They hide out in hidden corners of the dark web (often accompanied by a clearnet leak site), leading some infosec folks to talk about these miscreants as if they are invincible. But not... Source
Source Attribution

Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Apr 6, 2026.

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