> During its investigations into iServer’s criminal activities, Group-IB specialists also uncovered the structure and roles of criminal syndicates operating with the platform: the platform’s owner/developer sells access to “unlockers,” who in their turn provide phone unlocking services to other criminals with locked stolen devices. The phishing attacks are specifically designed to gather data that grants access to physical mobile devices, enabling criminals to acquire users’ credentials and local device passwords to unlock devices or unlink them from their owners. iServer automates the creation and delivery of phishing pages that imitate popular cloud-based mobile platforms, featuring several unique implementations that enhance its effectiveness as a cybercrime tool.
> With the introduction of version 24.3 in November, we are retiring our Core offering and introducing a new Enterprise licensing structure for self-hosted users, also applied to new patch releases of versions 23.1 and later. This new structure will provide all users with the robust database capabilities found previously only in the self-hosted Enterprise license. CockroachDB will remain entirely source code available. Note that there will be no change for customers of our cloud platform.
Many times, they were technical people/engineers who weren't that great at the technical stuff, but were really good at networking and self-promotion, and talked their way up in the organization.
It is more insane than £1,035/yr extra - they ask to upfront pay for 5 years. From the article:
> A researcher granted a five-year global talent visa and who has a partner and two children would be liable to pay £20,974 upfront, with no option to spread the payments.
There is plenty of commerce happening in Dubai/UAE and Switzerland that US does not collect taxes on. I have never heard anyone complain about missing out on those.
Only if US tax residents are involved in the commerce does the US care. IRS will find a way to tax the commerce if US tax residents are involved, irrespective of where the crypto-related companies are located.
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