Security News > 2020 > December > UK NCA visits WeLeakInfo users to warn of using stolen data
21 WeLeakInfo customers have been arrested across the UK for using stolen credentials downloaded from WeLeakInfo following an operation coordinated by the UK National Crime Agency.
"The NCA and UK policing's Cyber Choices programme aims to prevent young people inadvertently slipping into cyber crime and divert them to more positive pathways in tech."
NCA added that some of the arrested WeLeakInfo customers have also bought cybercrime tools such as crypters and remote access trojans based on evidence discovered during and after the arrests.
"Through the identification of UK customers of WeLeakInfo, we were able to locate and arrest those who we believe have used stolen personal credentials to commit further cyber and fraud offences," Paul Creffield, from the NCA's National Cyber Crime Unit, added.
21 people have been arrested in a nationwide cyber crime crackdown targeting customers of an online criminal marketplace that advertised stolen personal credentials.