Cybercrime
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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7-Eleven confirms April cyberattack after ShinyHunters leak claims
7-Eleven confirms its internal systems were breached in April, exposing the information of an unknown number of individuals just weeks after the ShinyHunters ransomware group listed the global convenience store chain as part of its recent “pay-or-leak” campaign.
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ThorChain and Versus lose more than $20M in separate DeFi exploits
THORChain, a decentralized crypto exchange (DEX), and Verus, a so-called blockchain bridge, have become the latest costly examples of the recent wave of exploits in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry. In one case, a fix would have taken just ten lines of code.
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Europol disrupts Iranian extremist propaganda in new terrorism clampdown
Terrorist groups continue to pollute the internet with propagandistic content, with Europol identifying over 14,000 pieces of propaganda linked to Iranian extremists.
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Finance writers behind thousands of articles on major news sites likely fake
An investigation into 4 writers, said to have collectively published more than 1,000 articles on multiple top financial, business, crypto, and other websites, showed that more than 30 news media platforms are likely to have cooperated with non-existent journalists. They’re all linked to one PR company.
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Dark web kingdom operator sentenced to 16 years as leading marketplace falls
Alan Bill, a 33-year-old man from Slovakia, has been sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his involvement in an illicit marketplace operation called Kingdom Market.
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Germany busts rebooted dark marketplace Crimenetwork selling drugs, forged documents
The first shutdown of the dark web marketplace in December 2024 was a short one, as the website was back online within days. Now the German police have busted it again and arrested its administrator in Mallorca with €314,000 in bitcoin.
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