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Europol
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ATM bombing suspect blew himself up while filming tutorial
Europol revealed that the gang was involved in at least fifteen ATM bombings in Germany, causing financial losses of around €2.15 million.
October 4, 2021
Europol nabs 106 criminals involved in SIM swapping, money laundering
Europol said that the suspects carried out a number of cybercrimes included phishing, SIM Swapping, and BEC (business email compromise.)
September 20, 2021
Domain, server of DoubleVPN used by ransomware gangs seized
US, Canada, and European authorities took part in the operation which ended up seizing cybercriminals' access to and infrastructure of DoubleVPN.
June 30, 2021
Police shut down illegal video streaming app Mobdro with 100M users
Authorities have arrested 4 people from Spain and Andorra while servers behind Mobdro have also been seized. Here's why it happened.
March 12, 2021
10 SIM-swapping hackers nabbed for targeting US celebrities
Europol has announced arresting 10 hackers involved in large scale SIM-swapping attacks targeting high-profile celebrities in the United States.
February 10, 2021
World’s Most ‘Resilient Malware’ Botnet Emotet Taken Down
Emotet malware botnet has been taken down by cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies after a joint global operation.
January 27, 2021
Feds seize VPN service used by hackers in cyber attacks
Cybercriminals’ Favorite VPN Service Rendered ‘Inaccessible’ in a Joint Operation Conducted by Europol and the FBI.
December 22, 2020
Dark Web’s only Finnish language market Sipulimarket seized
Finnish authorities were able to take down Sipulimarket with support from Polish authorities and Europol. Here's what the marketplace illegally sold.
December 12, 2020
Authorities disrupt massive stolen credit card trading scam on dark web
Dubbed Carding Action 2020; the operation aimed at targeting several dark web marketplaces resulting in saving $48million/€40 million.
November 29, 2020
Malware service operators arrested; offered antivirus bypassing tools
The malware encryption service run by a Romanian duo helped hackers embed malicious code in legit software to bypass antivirus tools.
November 21, 2020