Suspects affiliated with a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform used in LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Dharma ransomware attacks were detained in Ukraine and Switzerland.
Europol arrested a "high value" Russian-Canadian LockBit ransomware operator wanted in connection to high-profile cyber attacks on critical infrastructure and large industrial groups.
Europol, Latvian, and Lithuanian police arrested 108 suspects involved in an international investment scam operation in 3 call centers located in Riga and Vilnius. Operation makes €3 million in profit per month.
European law enforcement agencies arrested five suspects linked to an online investment fraud scheme that defrauded over 33,000 victims of at least $98 million.
Europol has dismantled a large-scale SIM farm operation, arresting seven suspects and seizing 1,200 SIM-box devices containing 40,000 SIM cards registered across 80 countries.
Europol, Group-IB, and Sansec identified and notified over 400 online shops infected with stealth JavaScript credit card skimmer variants leaking customer payment data.
Europol has taken down a popular crypto mixer during the “Olympia” law enforcement operation, seizing three servers, 12 terabytes of data, and $29 million in cryptocurrency.
Europol’s IOCTA report shows crypto ransomware as one of the most prominent new tactics of organized cybercrime with steady increase in the size of ransom demands.
The "day-to-day" of organized crimes is increasingly being moved online and optimized with AI-powered tools: things like communication, payments to partners, and recruitment of new operatives.
Europol's cybercrime report names privacy coins and wallets, and decentralized markets as the top cyber threats. These privacy-enhanced digital services made it more challenging for law enforcement agencies.
