Latest Europol news

Europol takes down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals

Europol coordinated a joint law enforcement action known as Operation Morpheus, which led to the takedown of almost 600 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals to infiltrate victims' networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 03, 2024
- 10:46 AM
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Police seize over 100 malware loader servers, arrest four cybercriminals

An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Endgame' has seized over 100 servers worldwide used by multiple major malware loader operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC.
- Bill Toulas
- May 30, 2024
- 04:35 AM
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Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen

Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 11, 2024
- 08:36 AM
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Police shuts down 12 fraud call centres, arrests 21 suspects

Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of scam calls daily.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 02, 2024
- 02:21 PM
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FBI: Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims

According to a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL), the Akira ransomware operation has breached the networks of over 250 organizations and raked in roughly $42 million in ransom payments.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 18, 2024
- 02:11 PM
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Police arrest 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 tool to recover encrypted files for free, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang's servers in an international crackdown operation.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 20, 2024
- 06:30 AM
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Hacker spins up 1 million virtual servers to illegally mine crypto

A 29-year-old man in Ukraine was arrested this week for using hacked accounts to create 1 million virtual servers used to mine $2 million in cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- January 13, 2024
- 10:09 AM
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The law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime in 2023

In 2023, we saw numerous law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime operations, including cryptocurrency scams, phishing attacks, credential theft, malware development, and ransomware attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 01, 2024
- 11:05 AM
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Europol warns 443 online shops infected with credit card stealers

Europol has notified over 400 websites that their online shops have been hacked with malicious scripts that steal debit and credit cards from customers making purchases.
- Bill Toulas
- December 22, 2023
- 09:50 AM
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Police dismantle ransomware group behind attacks in 71 countries

In cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement agencies from seven nations have arrested in Ukraine the core members of a ransomware group linked to attacks against organizations in 71 countries.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 28, 2023
- 04:04 AM
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EncroChat takedown led to 6,500 arrests and $979 million seized

Europol announced today that the takedown of the EncroChat encrypted mobile communications platform has led to the arrest of over 6,600 people and the seizure of $979 million in illicit funds.
- Bill Toulas
- June 27, 2023
- 10:20 AM
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Police operation 'SpecTor' arrests 288 dark web drug vendors and buyers

An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'SpecTor' has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide, with police seizing €50.8 million ($55.9M) in cash and cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2023
- 10:40 AM
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Police disrupts $98M online fraud ring with 33,000 victims

Europol and Eurojust announced today the arrest of five individuals believed to be part of a massive online investment fraud ring with at least 33,000 victims who lost an estimated €89 million (roughly $98 million).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 13, 2023
- 11:44 AM
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ChipMixer platform seized for laundering ransomware payments, drug sales

An international law enforcement operation has seized the cryptocurrency mixing service 'ChipMixer' which is said to be used by hackers, ransomware gangs, and scammers to launder their proceeds.
- Bill Toulas
- March 15, 2023
- 10:53 AM
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Police seize Netwire RAT malware infrastructure, arrest admin

An international law enforcement operation involving the FBI and police agencies worldwide led to the arrest of the suspected administrator of the NetWire remote access trojan and the seizure of the service's web domain and hosting server.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 09, 2023
- 06:24 PM
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Core DoppelPaymer ransomware gang members targeted in Europol operation

Europol has announced that law enforcement in Germany and Ukraine targeted two individuals believed to be core members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group.
- Bill Toulas
- March 06, 2023
- 09:00 AM
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Europol busts ‘CEO fraud’ gang that stole €38M in a few days

Europol has dismantled a Franco-Israeli 'CEO fraud' group that employed business email compromise (BEC) attacks to divert payments from organizations to bank accounts under the threat actor's control.
- Bill Toulas
- February 17, 2023
- 01:18 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - January 27th 2023 - 'We hacked the hackers'

For the most part, this week has been relatively quiet regarding ransomware attacks and researcher — that is, until the FBI announced the disruption of the Hive ransomware operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 27, 2023
- 07:08 PM
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European police takes down call centers behind cryptocurrency scams

Multiple call centers across Europe controlled by a criminal organization involved in online investment fraud were taken down this week following a cross-border investigation started in June 2022.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 12, 2023
- 12:25 PM
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'iSpoof' service dismantled, main operator and 145 users arrested

The 'iSpoof' online spoofing service has been dismantled following an international law enforcement investigation that also led to the arrest of 146 people, including the suspected mastermind of the operation.
- Bill Toulas
- November 24, 2022
- 06:04 AM
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