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In a joint operation, Europol along with the law enforcement authorities from Belarus, Romania, Taiwan, Spanish Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested an ATM hacker who happened to be the mastermind behind the large-scale cyber attacks against hundreds of banking and financial institutions around the world. More: Jackpotting attacks hit U.S. ATMs; spit out cash in seconds […]
Birmingham Crown Court (UK) has jailed a dark web pedophile for 32 years in prison. Matthew Falder, a 29-year-old former geophysics lecturer at the University of Birmingham was arrested in June 2017 from the university campus as a result of a huge and extensive four-year operation conducted by law enforcement authorities including British Police, Europol, FBI and UK’s […]
A couple of weeks ago, AlphaBay and Hansa, two of the most popular dark web marketplaces were busted and seized by European law enforcement authorities. AlphaBay founder Alexandre Cazes then made it into the news by committing suicide in a Thai prison, but the fate of Hansa administration is still unknown. Those visiting the Hansa […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Europol and Dutch National Police have seized two of the most popular Dark Web marketplaces including AlphaBay and Hansa. According to Europol, “the infrastructure of an underground criminal economy responsible for the trading of over 350 000 illicit commodities including drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware.” AlphaBay Marketplace […]
For Hacking Microsoft Two British Men Arrested For Hacking Microsoft Two British Men Arrested in the UK from planning to penetrate giant computer networking technology Microsoft with plans to steal data from the software giant’s customers. Investigators arrested from the BRI South East England Regional this morning (22 June 2017) suspect / 22 years […]
Authorities have conducted a large-scale operation against cyber criminals in several European countries. As a result, 6 people have been arrested while 36 have been questioned after Europol, Germany’s Kriminalinspektion Mayen, the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) raided 20 houses in Cyprus, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom between 5th […]
27 people have been arrested by the Europol for jackpotting attacks on ATM across many countries in Europe. Europol has arrested 27 people accused of being involved in a series of successful black box attacks against ATMs across Europe. Since 2016, these attacks have resulted in more than €45 million in losses.“The efforts of a […]
The world’s most widely proactive malware group Dorkbot and all of its associated Botnets have been disrupted. This disruption was made possible by the combined efforts of international law enforcement agencies with the support of prominent security and technology companies including Microsoft. According to Wil van Gemert, the Europol deputy director of operations who was […]
Europol is going after people using social media platforms to spread ISIS propaganda. It was the Anonymous hacktivist group who took the initiative and exposed 26,000+ Twitter accounts having alleged links with ISIS/ISIL group. The group also leaked a list of websites allegdly spporting the extremist group. Now a new Police Unit has been established […]
Ten individuals of Nigerian origin have been arrested by Guardia di Finanza for laundering millions of pounds acquired from frauds causing loss of over €2.5 / $2.74million. The Italian Financial Police conducted an operation with the support of Europol and the Federal Bureau of Intelligence and 130 police officers and arrested ten Nigerians. The operation […]
A new cyber crime unit has been launched in EU with the name of EC3, the unit has been established at Hague, and the main purpose behind the formation of this particular unit is to get hold of the cyber criminals within EU. Rise of cyber crimes have become one of the major concerns for an economy […]