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Ukraine arrests hackers trying to sell 100 million stolen accounts
The Ukrainian cyber police, in collaboration with investigators from the nationwide police (ГУНП), have arrested three people who’re accused of hijacking over 100 million emails and Instagram accounts worldwide. The three suspects, aged between 20 and 40, used specialised software program to brute-force account passwords after which steal them. Brute pressure is the technique of guessing account passwords by an…
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Germany takes down largest cybercrime market in the country, arrests 6
The Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, the largest German-speaking illicit buying and selling platform on the web, arresting six individuals, together with one in all its operators. Crimemarket was a hub for buying and selling unlawful medicine, narcotics, and cybercrime providers, whereas it additionally hosted tutorials/guides for conducting varied crimes. This legislation enforcement motion resulted from years of investigations…
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Police arrests LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption instrument to recuperate encrypted information without spending a dime, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang’s servers in a global crackdown operation. French and U.S. judicial authorities additionally issued three worldwide arrest warrants and 5 indictments concentrating on different LockBit…
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FBI seizes Warzone RAT infrastructure, arrests malware vendor
The FBI dismantled the Warzone RAT malware operation, seizing infrastructure and arresting two people related to the cybercrime operation. Daniel Meli, 27, a resident of Malta, was arrested final week for his position within the proliferation of Warzone RAT (aka ‘AveMaria’), a distant entry trojan with an extended historical past of use in cybercrime. Warzone RAT is commodity malware created…
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Police disrupt Grandoreiro banking malware operation, make arrests
The Federal Police of Brazil and cybersecurity researchers have disrupted the Grandoreiro banking malware operation, which has been concentrating on Spanish-speaking nations with monetary fraud since 2017. The operation was supported by ESET, Interpol, the National Police in Spain, and Caixa Bank, all offering essential knowledge resulting in figuring out and arresting people controlling the malware’s infrastructure. Brazil’s federal police introduced 5…
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Interpol operation arrests 3,500 cybercriminals, seizes $300 million
An worldwide regulation enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation HAECHI IV’ has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects of varied lower-tier cybercrimes and seized $300 million in illicit proceeds. The South Korean authorities led HAECHI operations and labored with regulation enforcement businesses from 34 nations, together with the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong (China), and India. The newest…
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French police arrests Russian suspect linked to Hive ransomware
French authorities arrested a Russian nationwide in Paris for allegedly serving to the Hive ransomware gang with laundering their victims’ ransom funds. “New arrest within the Hive ransomware affair: after the worldwide search in January to dismantle this community of hackers constituting a critical menace, the Judicial Police arrested in Paris a person suspected of getting laundered cash from these…
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