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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks

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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks 2026-05-18 at 12:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Operation Ramz, a cybercrime initiative coordinated by INTERPOL across the MENA region, focused on disrupting phishing campaigns, malware activity, and cyber scams that caused substantial financial losses across the region. The operation resulted in the arrest of 201 individuals […]

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Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks

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Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks 2026-02-27 at 14:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Law enforcement agencies across 28 countries have spent the past year building cases against a loosely organized collective known as The Com, a decentralized network of mostly teenagers and young adults linked to high-profile ransomware attacks, financial extortion, and the

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574 arrests, $3 million recovered in Africa-wide cybercrime crackdown

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574 arrests, $3 million recovered in Africa-wide cybercrime crackdown 2025-12-22 at 15:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec Law enforcement agencies across 19 countries arrested 574 suspects and recovered approximately $3 million during a major cybercrime operation spanning Africa. Suspects were arrested in Ghana in connection to the cyber-fraud case, with over 100 digital devices seized. (Source: Europol)

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Former ransomware negotiators allegedly targeted US firms with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware

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Former ransomware negotiators allegedly targeted US firms with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Zeljka Zorz A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager have been indicted in Florida for allegedly conspiring to deploy the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware against multiple US companies and extorting nearly $1.3 million from one of the victims. According to a federal

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€100M crypto scam busted: Five arrested in Europe-wide operation

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€100M crypto scam busted: Five arrested in Europe-wide operation 2025-09-24 at 13:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec A cross-border cryptocurrency scam has left investors across Europe with losses of more than €100 million. Authorities in several countries worked together to shut down the operation and arrest those behind it. How the scheme worked The fraudsters ran what

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Interpol operation seizes $97 million in African cybercrime sweep

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Interpol operation seizes $97 million in African cybercrime sweep 2025-08-22 at 11:57 By Sinisa Markovic Authorities in Africa have arrested 1,209 people in an Interpol-led crackdown on cybercrime that targeted nearly 88,000 victims. 11,432 malicious infrastructures were dismantled during Operation Serengeti 2025 (Source: Interpol) Operation Serengeti 2.0 The operation, which ran from June to August

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Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged

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Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged 2025-08-20 at 21:47 By Zeljka Zorz US federal prosecutors have charged a man with running Rapper Bot, a powerful botnet that was rented out to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks around the world. According to court documents, 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, is accused of

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Mastermind behind Russian-speaking cybercrime hub arrested in Ukraine

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Mastermind behind Russian-speaking cybercrime hub arrested in Ukraine 2025-07-23 at 17:34 By Sinisa Markovic The suspected administrator of xss.is, one of the world’s most influential Russian-speaking cybercrime forums, was arrested in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 22 July. The takedown followed a long-running investigation led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in close cooperation with Ukrainian

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Fraudsters behind €460 million crypto scam arrested in Spain

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Fraudsters behind €460 million crypto scam arrested in Spain 2025-06-30 at 18:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Spanish authorities arrested five members of a criminal network responsible for laundering €460 million stolen through global cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes. Source: Europol The operation, led by the Guardia Civil with support from Europol and law enforcement in Estonia, France,

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Infostealer crackdown: Operation Secure takes down 20,000 malicious IPs and domains

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Infostealer crackdown: Operation Secure takes down 20,000 malicious IPs and domains 2025-06-11 at 20:46 By Help Net Security More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains used by information-stealing malware were taken down during an international cybercrime crackdown led by INTERPOL. Called Operation Secure, the effort ran from January to April 2025 and involved law

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8Base ransomware group leaders arrested, leak site seized

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8Base ransomware group leaders arrested, leak site seized 2025-02-11 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz The Thai police has arrested four individuals suspected of being the leaders of the 8Base ransomware group and of stealing approximately $16 million from 1,000+ victims they targeted with the Phobos ransomware. “Officers from Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, led by Police

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Suspected NATO, UN, US Army hacker arrested in Spain

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Suspected NATO, UN, US Army hacker arrested in Spain 2025-02-06 at 13:26 By Zeljka Zorz The Spanish National Police has arrested a hacker suspected of having breached national and international agencies (including the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization and NATO), Spanish universities and companies, and released stolen data on the dark web. The attacks

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Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested

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Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested 2025-01-30 at 18:50 By Zeljka Zorz Law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy, France and the USA have seized and shut down Cracked and Nulled, the two largest cybercrime forums in the world. The takedown notice (Source: German Federal Criminal Police Office) “The websites “nulled.to”

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Alleged Blender, Sinbad cryptomixer operators arrested, indicted

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Alleged Blender, Sinbad cryptomixer operators arrested, indicted 2025-01-13 at 13:34 By Help Net Security Three Russian nationals have been indicted in the Northern District of Georgia for their alleged role as operators of cryptocurrency mixing (cryptomixer) services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on Dec. 1, 2024, roughly a

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NFT scammers charged for stealing $22 million through “rug pulls”

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NFT scammers charged for stealing $22 million through “rug pulls” 2024-12-23 at 14:50 By Help Net Security A six-count indictment was unsealed on Friday in Los Angeles charging two California men with defrauding investors of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency through a series of digital asset project “rug pulls,” a type of fraud scheme

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement 2024-12-12 at 12:39 By Zeljka Zorz As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser”) sites were used by both cybercriminals and hacktivists to

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Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals

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Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals 2024-12-03 at 17:18 By Zeljka Zorz A joint investigation team involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down Matrix, yet another end-to-end encrypted chat service created by criminals. Matrix (Source: Dutch Police) The Matrix encrypted chat service Matrix – also know as Mactrix, Totalsec, X-quantum,

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$400M seized, 5,500 arrested in global operation targeting cyber fraud

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$400M seized, 5,500 arrested in global operation targeting cyber fraud 2024-12-02 at 12:44 By Mirko Zorz A coordinated international operation involving law enforcement agencies from 40 countries led to the arrest of over 5,500 individuals linked to financial crimes and the confiscation of more than $400 million in virtual assets and government-backed currencies. Officers in

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Authorities disrupt major cybercrime operation, 1000+ suspects arrested

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Authorities disrupt major cybercrime operation, 1000+ suspects arrested 2024-11-26 at 17:03 By Help Net Security Authorities across 19 African countries have arrested 1,006 suspects and dismantled 134,089 malicious infrastructures and networks thanks to a joint operation by INTERPOL and AFRIPOL against cybercrime. Results of the operation (Source: INTERPOL) Operation Serengeti Operation Serengeti (2 September –

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