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Interpol disrupts cybercrime activity on 22,000 IP addresses, arrests 41
2024-11-05 18:55

Interpol announced it arrested 41 individuals and taken down 1,037 servers and infrastructure running on 22,000 IP addresses facilitating cybercrime in an international law enforcement action...

FBI arrest Alabama man suspected of hacking SEC's X account
2024-10-17 18:21

An Alabama man was arrested today by the FBI for his suspected role in hacking the SEC's X account to make a fake announcement that Bitcoin ETFs were approved. [...]

Ukraine arrests rogue VPN operator providing access to Runet
2024-10-10 22:13

Ukraine's cyber police have arrested a 28-year-old man who operated a massive virtual private network (VPN) service, allowing people from within the country to access the Russian internet (Runet). [...]

Dutch police arrest admin of 'Bohemia/Cannabia' dark web market
2024-10-09 15:23

An international law enforcement operation led to the arrest of one of the three administrators of the dual dark web market 'Bohemia/Cannabia,' known for hosting ads for drug sales and distributed...

Russia arrests US-sanctioned Cryptex founder, 95 other linked suspects
2024-10-04 18:56

​Russian law enforcement detained almost 100 suspects linked to the Cryptex cryptocurrency exchange, the UAPS anonymous payment service, and 33 other online services and platforms used to make...

INTERPOL Arrests 8 in Major Phishing and Romance Fraud Crackdown in West Africa
2024-10-03 09:10

INTERPOL has announced the arrest of eight individuals in Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria as part of a crackdown on phishing scams and romance cyber fraud. Dubbed Operation Contender 2.0, the initiative...

4 new LockBit-related arrests, identities of suspected Evil Corp members, affiliates revealed
2024-10-02 09:36

The third phase of Operation Cronos, which involved officers from the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), the FBI, Europol and other law enforcement agencies, has resulted in the arrest of four...

Euro cops arrest 4 including suspected LockBit dev chilling on holiday
2024-10-01 17:35

And also: What looks like proof that stolen data was never deleted even after ransom was paid Building on the success of what's known around here as LockBit Leak Week in February, the authorities...

Police arrest four suspects linked to LockBit ransomware gang
2024-10-01 15:36

Law enforcement authorities from 12 countries arrested four suspects linked to the LockBit ransomware gang, including a developer, a bulletproof hosting service administrator, and two people...

Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform
2024-09-18 12:16

Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of...