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Microsoft, Dutch security agencies lift veil on Laundry Bear cyber espionage group
2025-05-27 13:51

The Dutch intelligence and security services have identified a new Russia-affiliated threat group that has been breaching government organizations and commercial entities in Europe and North...

Russian Laundry Bear cyberspies linked to Dutch Police hack
2025-05-27 11:16

A previously unknown Russian-backed cyberespionage group now tracked as Laundry Bear has been linked to a September 2024 Dutch police security breach. [...]

Moldovan Police Arrest Suspect in €4.5M Ransomware Attack on Dutch Research Agency
2025-05-13 06:33

Moldovan law enforcement authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021. "He is wanted...

BREAKING: 7,000-Device Proxy Botnet Using IoT, EoL Systems Dismantled in U.S. - Dutch Operation
2025-05-09 16:28

A joint law enforcement operation undertaken by Dutch and U.S. authorities has dismantled a criminal proxy network that's powered by thousands of infected Internet of Things (IoT) and end-of-life...

Pro-Russia hacktivists bombard Dutch public orgs with DDoS attacks
2025-05-01 20:04

Russia-aligned hacktivists persistently target key public and private organizations in the Netherlands with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, causing access problems and service...

Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
2025-02-19 13:01

15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz Typically shoppers can expect to find tie-dye t-shirts, broken lamps and old disco records at flea markets, now it seems storage drives...

Dutch Police seizes 127 XHost servers, dismantles bulletproof hoster
2025-02-13 18:26

The Dutch Police (Politie) dismantled the ZServers/XHost bulletproof hosting operation after taking offline 127 servers used by the illegal platform. [...]

U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network
2025-02-01 08:14

U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating...

Dutch DPA Fines Netflix €4.75 Million for GDPR Violations Over Data Transparency
2024-12-19 09:26

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined video on-demand streaming service Netflix €4.75 million ($4.93 million) for not giving consumers enough information about how it used...

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...