Tag: Europol
Europol calls for solutions to thwart instant messaging encryption
For several weeks, Messenger has been deploying end-to-end encryption on a large part of its instant conversations. Thus, neither Meta, the application publisher, nor any government agency now have access…
Europol deals a big blow to LabHost, the pirates’ supermarket, which sells phishing kits by subscription
Alexandre Boero Clubic news manager April 18, 2024 at 12:34 p.m. 0 Photo of the result of the Europol operation which brought down LabHost © Alexandre Boero / Clubic LabHost,…
Europol draws up the first global assessment of organized crime among the Twenty-Seven
Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle during a press conference in Brussels on April 5, 2024. VIRGINIA MAYO / AP With its 821 officially registered groups, its 25,000 members from…
“We wanted to ruin the reputation of the Lockbit hackers”, meeting with the operations director of Europol
Europol, the European criminal police agency, has intensified its fight against cybercriminals with several major operations over the past year. A way to break the myth of the “unattainable hacker”…
Europol dismantles a network of migrant “smugglers”, 19 arrests
Published on 02/22/2024 at 11:46 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Europol said on…
Also with facial recognition: investigators find kidnapped children from Ukraine in Russia
Also with facial recognition Investigators find kidnapped children from Ukraine in Russia February 9, 2024, 2:15 p.m Russia is said to have kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Together…
Europol announces a major raid against Ragnar Locker, the Capcom ransomware
As a reminder, this cyberattack against the Osaka publisher notably caused the leak of personal information (name, address, telephone number, email address) of tens of thousands of employees or former…
Powerful Balkan cartel busted, 37 suspects arrested, Europol says
A total of 37 criminals have been arrested in seven countries in a massive police operation coordinated by Croatian police to dismantle a criminal gang “extremely violent from the western…
Europol: dismantling of one of the “biggest” online hacker platforms
Europe 1 with AFP 3:58 p.m., April 05, 2023 The European police office, Europol, announced on Wednesday April 5 the closure of Genesis Market, one of the largest hacker platforms…
Europol arrests 2 ‘high profile’ hackers responsible for over 600 hacks
Europol, accompanied by German and Ukrainian police, captured two members of a group that killed more than 600 people, including a dozen in France. They thought they were in peace…
Europol: Authority busts 15 crypto scammers
Europol arrests 15 suspected crypto scammers. The victims are mainly investors from Germany. Source: BTC ECHO The post Europol takes down crypto scammers in Serbia and Germany first appeared…
Europol closes 50 DDoS services following international crackdown
Alexander Boero December 15, 2022 at 2:40 p.m. 1 © Adobe Stock The European criminal police agency Europol has put an end to the activities of many sites that sold…