Cybercrime
Activision Games engineer flags new potential Monzo AI gambling scam
A new AI-generated scam has surfaced on TikTok, with fraudsters posing as the London-based online banking giant Monzo claiming that users can win big on “Monzo Slots.”
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Prosecutors, police, cybersecurity staff data exposed in major doxxing case, suspect arrested in Spain
The Spanish National Police has arrested a suspect for leaking massive amounts of personal data belonging to employees of numerous key state institutions.
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Mysterious WhatsApp fraudster sells fake EU passport for $5K, man caught using it claims he didn’t know it was fake
A man made it all the way from London, UK, to Orlando, Florida, with a fake European passport. The traveler claimed he didn’t know it was fake and blamed it all on a WhatsApp fraudster he found online.
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North Carolina man jailed for selling US senior citizens’ data to Jamaican scammers
A 57-year-old man from North Carolina has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling the personal data of more than 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican lottery scammers.
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Hackers abuse ChatGPT's content-sharing feature to spread malware
Attackers are abusing ChatGPT’s content-sharing feature to display fake OpenAI outage pages, tricking users into installing malware disguised as ChatGPT for Desktop.
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Scam broker sells data on 7M elderly Americans, gets 10 years in prison
A North Carolina man who netted over $5 million selling the personal information of more than 7 million elderly Americans to fraudsters in Jamaica will spend the next 10 years behind bars, the DoJ announced Thursday.
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Dutch police dismantle massive botnet controlling 17 million infected devices
A proxy botnet of 17 million devices has been taken offline following a successful operation by the Dutch National Police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The hackers made it seem as if cyberattacks were coming from legitimate consumers rather than criminals.
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FBI warns World Cup fans over fake FIFA ticket scams
A new FBI scam alert warns that cybercriminals are actively blanketing the web with fake FIFA websites – all designed to steal your sensitive personal and financial information in the lead-up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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FBI reveals top 4 internet crime trends from 2025 as losses hit $20.9 billion
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025, with its annual report showing growing losses and investment-related fraud. Let’s take a look at some of the top takeaways from the report.
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Millions laundered through nail salons and restaurants in darknet drug scheme
German police have nailed a Vietnamese money laundering scheme in which criminals were converting profits they made on the dark web, selling drugs for cash. Investigators claim the seemingly legitimate businesses funneled 7-figure sums of euros.
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EU fines Temu $232 million for failing to tackle illegal product sales on platform
Chinese online retailer Temu has been fined $232 million for not doing enough to stop the sale of illegal products, European Union tech regulators said on Thursday, following the first part of a wide investigation.
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Dutch police arrest suspect for breaking into Ajax’s computer systems
The Dutch National Police have arrested a 35-year-old man for hacking the IT systems of professional soccer club Ajax earlier this year.
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Google engineer allegedly used insider search data to rig $1.2M in Polymarket bets
The US Justice Department has charged a Google software engineer with using insider information to rig bets tied to Google's most-searched list on prediction market Polymarket, earning $1.2 million in profits, according to a complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
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Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating without gambling licenses
Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry has temporarily banned so-called prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating in the country without a gambling license, the official state gazette showed on Tuesday.
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Dutch consultant and concert pianist arrested for hosting servers for pro-Russian hackers
Law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands have arrested two suspects who are being accused of operating IT infrastructure used by Russia to carry out cyberattacks, influence operations, and disinformation campaigns within the EU.
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Canadian man arrested over massive KimWolf DDoS botnet that infected millions of devices worldwide
Canadian authorities have arrested a 23-year-old Canadian man suspected of managing an extensive botnet.
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Dozens arrested in UK romance fraud and money laundering crackdown
UK police have arrested dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters belonging to organised criminal networks operating in the UK and Nigeria.
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Italy busted a €300 million piracy ring where stolen access codes let pirates illegally stream Netflix, Disney+, and Sky
Italy's financial police said on Friday they had busted a sophisticated streaming piracy network that caused roughly €300 million ($348 million) in damages to rights holders such as Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify.
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The internet turned an 81-year-old Minecraft Grandma into a target
The local police swatted an elderly woman who was asleep after leaving her Minecraft stream online.
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SMS blaster used in smishing scheme targeting Eurovision fans
SMS blasters are being used to steal data from millions of victims. This time, cybercriminals hit Eurovision.
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