The marketplace was one of the world’s largest hubs for cybercrime with more than 142,000 members. Officials identified and arrested multiple suspects after seizing the site’s database.

It's not clear whether the seizure has anything to do with the IT Army's activities.

European officials do not currently believe that some of the attacks are linked.

The agency harkened back to the long delay between vulnerability discovery and the Equifax breach.

The Belgian government has not named the attacker.

The law enforcement action focused on an organization that sells phishing services to less-skilled crooks.

Microsoft's announcement about Exchange Server vulnerabilities prompted the FPS Interior investigation.

Sky CC appears to be the latest encrypted service to be compromised by European authorities.