17 articles tagged with "Law Enforcement"
INTERPOL's Operation First Light 2026 led to 5,811 arrests across 97 countries, seizing $293 million from social engineering fraud networks including BEC, romance scams, and crypto laundering operations.
Angelo Martino leaked client insurance limits and negotiation strategies to the ransomware gang he was hired to negotiate against. Federal court sentences the double agent to nearly six years.
International law enforcement seizes 106 servers and 101 domains behind SocGholish malware framework, cleaning up 15,000 infected WordPress sites. Evil Corp connection confirmed.
Operation Ghost Hook takedown seizes 9,000 fake websites and $100K in crypto from Chinese phishing-as-a-service ring that weaponized Gemini AI to steal 3.8 million credit cards.
11-nation operation shuts down €336M cryptocurrency laundering service. Two operators arrested in Georgia, 25 domains seized, and over 6,000 money mule accounts exposed.
International law enforcement seizes 33 servers and shuts down First VPN, a criminal service used by at least 25 ransomware groups since 2014. 15 nations participated.
Canadian authorities arrest 23-year-old Jacob Butler for operating the KimWolf IoT botnet. The DDoS-for-hire operation enslaved nearly 2 million devices and set volumetric attack records.
International law enforcement operation takes down 53 DDoS-for-hire domains and exposes 3 million criminal user accounts. 21 countries participate in coordinated crackdown.
Joint FBI-Indonesian operation dismantles W3LL phishing platform behind $20M in fraud attempts. Developer arrested after 25,000+ stolen accounts sold since 2019.
US, UK, and Canadian law enforcement froze $12 million in stolen crypto and identified 20,000 victims of approval phishing scams in week-long crackdown.
World Leaks gang dumps 7TB of sensitive police data including personnel files and Internal Affairs investigations after breaching LA City Attorney's Office.
Armenian national Hambardzum Minasyan extradited to face charges for developing RedLine malware infrastructure. Follows 2024 international takedown operation.
Global coalition seizes 330 domains powering Tycoon 2FA, a phishing-as-a-service platform that bypassed MFA to compromise 96,000 victims across 500,000 organizations.
International operation seizes C2 infrastructure for AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets. Peak attacks hit 31.4 Tbps, targeting DOD systems and critical infrastructure.
Global law enforcement operation spanning 72 countries arrests 94 cybercriminals and dismantles 45,000 malicious IPs tied to phishing, ransomware, and fraud networks.
German and Ukrainian authorities identify 35-year-old Russian national as Black Basta boss, raid homes of two affiliates in Ukraine.
Month-long operation across 19 African nations recovers $3 million, takes down 6,000 malicious links, and decrypts six ransomware variants.