First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups

Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network VPN service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks. Codenamed Operation Saffron, the disruption of First...

INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests

INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa MENA that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects. The initiative involved the efforts of 13 countries from the region, aiming to investigate and neutralize...

Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023

A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martino , 41, of Land O'Lakes, Florida, teamed up with the operators of the BlackCat ransomware starting in April 2023 to assist the e-crime ga...

Operation PowerOFF: 75K Users of DDoS-for-Hire Services Identified and Warned

Operation PowerOFF identifies and warns 75K users of DDoS-for-hire services, nets 4 arrests, and seizes 53 domains in a Europol-led crackdown...

Operation PowerOFF Seizes 53 DDoS Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts

An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service DDoS operations that were used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals. The ongoing effort, dubbed Operation PowerOFF , disrupted access to the...

FBI Atlanta and Indonesian National Police Take Down W3LLSTORE Phishing Marketplace

FBI Atlanta and Indonesian National Police dismantle W3LLSTORE phishing market linked to $20M fraud, seizing domains and detaining developer...

South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password

An expensive mistake: Someone jumped at the opportunity to steal $4.4 million in crypto assets after South Korea's National Tax Service exposed publicly the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet. The funds were stored in a Ledger cold wallet seized in law enforcement raids at...

INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown

An international cybercrime operation against online scams has led to 651 arrests and recovered more than $4.3 million as part of an effort led by law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries. The initiative, codenamed Operation Red Card 2.0, took place between December 8, 2025 and January...

Operation Endgame Hits Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, Elysium Malware, seize 1025 servers

Europol-led Operation Endgame seizes 1,025 servers and arrests a key suspect in Greece, disrupting three major global malware and hacking tools, including Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and Elysium botnet...

Operation Endgame Dismantles Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium Botnet in Global Crackdown

Malware families like Rhadamanthys Stealer, Venom RAT, and the Elysium botnet have been disrupted as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation led by Europol and Eurojust. The activity, which took place between November 10 and 13, 2025, marks Please remove image compression the latest phase...

260 romance scammers and sextortionists caught in huge Interpol sting

Online crime of all kinds is deplorable, but romance scammers and sextortionists who target the most vulnerable victims are among the worst. Now, there’s likely a place for 260 of them in jail, thanks to international law enforcement. Interpol's Operation Contender 3.0 targeted alleged criminals...

U.S. Secret Service Seizes 300 SIM Servers, 100K Cards Threatening U.S. Officials Near UN

The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it took down a network of electronic devices located across the New York tri-state area that were used to threaten U.S. government officials and posed an imminent threat to national security. "This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery ...

INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown

INTERPOL on Friday announced that authorities from 18 countries across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted 88,000 victims. "The crackdown recovered $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for...

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border...

Operation Endgame Takes Down DanaBot Malware, Neutralizes 300 Servers

Operation Endgame takes down DanaBot malware network; 300 servers neutralized, €21.2M in crypto seized, 16 charged, 20 international warrants...

Operation RapTor: 270 Arrested in Global Crackdown on Dark Web Vendors

Global crackdown: Operation RapTor leads to 270 arrests, millions seized as law enforcement targets dark web drug, weapon, and crypto vendors...

Police Seize Dark Web Shop Pygmalion, Access User Data from 7K Orders

German police seized the dark web shop Pygmalion, gaining access to customer data linked to over 7,000 drug…...

Europol Dismantles Kidflix With 72,000 CSAM Videos Seized in Major Operation

In one of the largest coordinated law enforcement operations, authorities have dismantled Kidflix, a streaming platform that offered child sexual abuse material CSAM. "A total of 1.8 million users worldwide logged on to the platform between April 2022 and March 2025," Europol said in a statement...

FBI, Europol, and NCA Take Down 8Base Ransomware Data Leak and Negotiation Sites

--- Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are now greeted with a seizure banner that says: "This hidden site and the criminal content have bee...

Europol Shuts Down Manson Market Fraud Marketplace, Seizes 50 Servers

Europol on Thursday announced the shutdown of a clearnet marketplace called Manson Market that facilitated online fraud on a large scale. The operation, led by German authorities, has resulted in the seizure of more than 50 servers associated with the service and the arrest of two suspects. More...