Months-long Interpol crackdown nets more than 1,000 online fraud arrests
The sting also intercepted $27 million in illicit funds.
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White House set to lead 30 nations in ransomware discussions, sans Russia
The talks leave out the nation President Biden most often criticizes, but invitees will meet for two days on countering ransomware.
European police round up 23 suspected scammers accused of $1.2 million fraud
The crime ring began making fake offers of COVID-19 protective materials after the outbreak, Europol said.
Fighting, screaming as alleged ATM scammer known as ‘The Shark’ is arrested in Mexico
Florian Tudor was apprehended based on a Romanian court order.
Police arrest 2 in connection with CyberSeal, Dataprotector crime services
It’s another move by law enforcement agencies to strike at the heart of cybercriminal infrastructure.
Romanian police bust hackers allegedly plotting ransomware attacks on hospitals
The hackers reportedly planned to threaten hospitals with malware to protest Romania’s state of emergency amid COVID-19.
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European police nab 26 suspects in SIM swapping dragnet
The attacks were anything but unique. Still, they worked.
U.S. jury finds two Romanians guilty of stealing credit card info, infecting 400,000 computers
The two men also allegedly stole millions of dollars through online auction fraud.
Facebook purges accounts for spreading hate speech, this time in the U.K. and Romania
The social media giant says it shut down dozens of accounts, pages and groups intended to "engage in hate speech and spread divisive comments on both sides…
Update from No More Ransom helps victims of GandCrab attacks
GrandCrab "surpassed all other strains of ransomware in 2018," says Europol, which helped the No More Ransom project develop the decryption tool with security company Bitdefender and…