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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...

UK arrests teen linked to Transport for London cyber attack
2024-09-12 16:36

U.K.'s National Crime Agency says it arrested a 17-year-old teenager who is suspected of being connected to the cyberattack on Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency. [...]

Singapore Police Arrest Six Hackers Linked to Global Cybercrime Syndicate
2024-09-11 12:07

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the arrest of five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean man for their alleged involvement in illicit cyber activities in the country. The...

Pavel Durov Criticizes Outdated Laws After Arrest Over Telegram Criminal Activity
2024-09-06 04:02

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has broken his silence nearly two weeks after his arrest in France, stating the charges are misguided. "If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established...

'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading
2024-08-13 05:37

A woman in the Indian city of Delhi last week found herself under "Digital arrest" - a form of scam in which victims make payments to criminals posing as law enforcement officers. Local media reported that the suspects had extorted others in a similar manner - posing as CBI officers and threatening to arrest family members of victims.

Spain arrests three for using DDoSia hacktivist platform
2024-07-22 13:18

The Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals for using DDoSia, a distributed denial of service platform operated by pro-Russian hacktivists, to conduct DDoS attacks against governments...