Europol

Europol's police action disrupted SocGholish, Amadey, and StealC malware that steal crypto wallets and passwords, freezing €41 million in cryptocurrency. The takedown targeted global infostealer operations.

Microsoft and law enforcement disrupted three 'cybercrime as a service' operations by targeting malware infrastructure. Europol reported that over 300 servers were involved in the action.

The European Union plans to strengthen Europol by enhancing data exchange and integrating advanced technologies like AI and cloud infrastructure, with a doubled budget and increased staff. Privacy groups warn the reforms risk eroding privacy and enabling mass surveillance.

Europol warns that children are being recruited as criminals at an 'industrial scale,' labeling it the single greatest threat to Europe and the rest of the world.

Europol has disrupted AudiA6, a cryptocurrency laundering service used by ransomware gangs and cybercriminal networks. The service is estimated to have laundered over €336 million (~$389 million) in illicit profits.

Two men were charged with running a $389 million Bitcoin and crypto money laundering scheme tied to the Dark Web. The operation, led by Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, used a cryptocurrency mixing service and a cybercrime forum called Dark2Web to process illicit funds. The case involved international law enforcement agencies that dismantled the group's infrastructure and froze assets.

European authorities arrested 29 alleged cybercriminals and removed over 27,000 illegal streaming URLs linked to pirated content. The seven-month 'Operation Kratos 2' dismantled nine organized crime groups and targeted infrastructure supporting illicit streaming networks across 169 domains.

European law enforcement agencies successfully dismantled First VPN, a virtual private network service heavily used by cybercriminals for ransomware attacks and data theft. The operation, led by France and the Netherlands with support from Europol and Eurojust, resulted in the identification of thousands of users, shutdown of the service, and arrest of its administrator.

Law enforcement, led by Europol, has shut down a VPN service that was used by approximately two dozen ransomware gangs to conduct cyberattacks while maintaining anonymity. Despite the service's promise of complete anonymity for users, Europol successfully identified the VPN users and notified them of their identification.

European authorities dismantled First VPN, a prominent virtual private network service used extensively by cybercriminals for data theft, fraud, and ransomware attacks. The operation, led by France and the Netherlands with support from Europol and 10 other countries, resulted in the arrest of the alleged administrator in Ukraine, seizure of 33 servers, and access to thousands of user records linked to cybercrime.

Irish authorities secured 500 BTC from a dormant wallet likely tied to the Clifton Collins bitcoin cache, related to an Irish drug trafficking case. The cache is connected to a long-lost bitcoin stash. This seizure is part of ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking.

An international operation has disrupted a major drug trafficking route known as the 'cocaine highway' across the Atlantic. The operation was successful according to Europol. This disruption affects the global drug trade.

An international operation has disrupted a major drug trafficking route known as the 'cocaine highway' across the Atlantic. The operation was successful according to Europol. This disruption affects the global drug trade.

The US, UAE, and China collaborated to dismantle nine crypto scam centers, while European police arrested ten individuals and shut down three additional scam centers linked to over $58 million in global thefts.

Europol and partners have identified 45 Ukrainian children who were forcibly transferred to Russia, Belarus, or occupied Ukrainian territory. The agency shared information about these children with Ukraine to aid in their tracing.

Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, leading to the arrest of four individuals and the takedown of 53 domains. The operation also involved emailing 75,000 people to halt DDoS attacks.

Authorities from 21 countries seized 53 DDoS-for-hire domains and arrested four individuals as part of 'Operation PowerOFF,' disrupting services used by over 75,000 cybercriminals. The operation dismantled servers, databases, and infrastructure, sending warnings to participants and removing malicious URLs from search results.