Security News

Dutch Police Disrupt Major Info Stealers RedLine and MetaStealer in Operation Magnus
2024-10-29 10:59

The Dutch National Police, along with international partners, have announced the disruption of the infrastructure powering two information stealers tracked as RedLine and MetaStealer. The...

Dutch cops pwn the Redline and Meta infostealers, leak 'VIP' aliases
2024-10-28 12:01

Legal proceedings underway with more details to follow Dutch police (Politie) say they've dismantled the servers powering the Redline and Meta infostealers – two key tools in a modern cyber...

Dutch cops reveal takedown of 'world's largest dark web market'
2024-10-10 06:30

Two arrested after allegedly trying to make off with their ill-gotten gains The alleged administrators of the infamous Bohemia and Cannabia dark web marketplaces have been arrested after...

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...

Dutch Police: ‘State actor’ likely behind recent data breach
2024-10-03 18:56

The national Dutch police (Politie) says that a state actor was likely behind the data breach it detected last week. [...]

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S.
2024-08-26 14:23

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber a record €290 million ($324 million) for allegedly failing to comply with European Union (E.U.) data protection standards when sending...

Dutch Court Sentences Tornado Cash Co-Founder to 5 Years in Prison for Money Laundering
2024-05-15 08:28

A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5 years and 4 months in prison. While the name of the...

Watchdog tells Dutch govt: 'Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy'
2024-04-22 14:00

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Dutch insurers demand nudes from breast cancer patients despite ban
2024-02-12 19:15

Dutch health insurers are reportedly forcing breast cancer patients to submit photos of their breasts prior to reconstructive surgery despite a government ban on precisely that. Some insurers don't use secure websites and/or other means of electronic communications to transfer these very sensitive photos, according to the Netherlands public broadcaster NOS. Patients reported that their insurance companies have lost their photos, and denied their requests for reconstructive surgeries following a breast-cancer diagnosis.

Chinese hackers breached Dutch Ministry of Defense
2024-02-07 14:31

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have breached the Dutch Ministry of Defense last year and deployed a new remote access trojan malware to serve as a backdoor. "The effects of the intrusion were limited because the victim network was segmented from the wider MOD networks," the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service and the General Intelligence and Security Service noted.