Security News > 2021 > February > Dutch Police post "say no to cybercrime" warnings on hacker forums
The Dutch Police have begun posting warnings on Russian and English-speaking hacker forums not to commit cybercrime as law enforcement is watching their activity.
Since the conclusion of Operation LadyBird, law enforcement's disruption of the Emotet botnet, the Dutch Police state that they are creating forum accounts on hacker forums to warn hackers that they are watching them publicly.
The Netherlands Police have posted on the English-speaking RaidForums and the Russian-speaking XSS forums.
On 26th January the Netherlands Police took over control of the Emotet botnet, dismantled the infrastructure and seized data on its users.
The Netherlands Police will continue to focus on the abuse of our infrastructure.
This is not the first outreach program conducted by the Netherlands Police to deter young people from getting involved in cybercrime.