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Authorities dismantle 'AudiA6' ransomware crypto-laundering service (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-11 | get Ransomware Crypto-Laundering Guide → | tags: accounts, cryptocurrency, europol

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Police dismantles fake ID marketplace used by migrant smugglers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-04 | get Fake ID Maker Kit → | tags: europol, fake id marketplace, frontex

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Police dismantles 9 crime groups in illegal streaming crackdown (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-03 | get Streaming Security Camera → | tags: europol, illegal streaming, copyright piracy

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Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe" (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-22 | get VPN Security Toolkit → | tags: vpn, europol, first vpn

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A VPN built for criminals just got shut down by Europol and Eurojust (techspot.com)

2026-05-22 | get NordVPN → | tags: europol, eurojust, first vpn

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Europol's Operation Saffron takes down First VPN service over ransomware attacks — 33 'bulletproof' servers spread across 27 countries seized (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-22 | by Bruno Ferreira | get VPN Server Security Kit → | tags: europol, operation saffron, first vpn

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Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-21 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get VPN Security Kit → | tags: vpn, ransomware, law enforcement

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Police seize “First VPN” service used in ransomware, data theft attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-21 | get VPN Security Kit → | tags: first vpn, ransomware, law enforcement

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European police dismantles €50 million crypto investment fraud ring (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-29 | get Crypto Security Ledger → | tags: cryptocurrency, europol, albanian authorities

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European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-16 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cybersecurity Awareness Kit → | tags: europol, ddos, cloudflare

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Operation PowerOFF identifies 75k DDoS users, takes down 53 domains (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-16 | get DDoS Mitigation Hardware → | tags: ddos, europol, poweroff

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Russia arrests suspected owner of LeakBase cybercrime forum (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-03-26 | get Cybersecurity Monitoring Tool → | tags: leakbase, cybercrime forum, rostov

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Russia arrests alleged owner of cybercrime forum LeakBase, report says (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-25 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cybersecurity VPN Router → | tags: leakbase, cybercrime forum, europol

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Tycoon2FA phishing platform returns after recent police disruption (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-03-23 | get 2FA Security Hardware Key → | tags: tycoon2fa, europol, microsoft

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Operation Alice: The dark web isn't as hidden as it seems, as global crackdown shows (techspot.com)

2026-03-23 | get Dark Web Monitoring Tool → | tags: europol, operation alice, dark web

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Police take down 373,000 fake CSAM sites in Operation Alice (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-03-20 | get Cybersecurity VPN Service → | tags: europol, dark web, csam

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DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected routers and IOT devices spread across 163 countries that ran for 16 years — SocksEscort proxy network eliminated in joint operation with Europol (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | get IoT Security Router Kit → | tags: doj, socksescort, routers

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Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-12 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Botnet → | tags: socksescort, europol, department of justice

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US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-04 | by Zack Whittaker | get LeakBase → | tags: leakbase, europol, fbi

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Europol imagines robot crime waves in 2035 (theverge.com)

2025-12-19 | by Robert Hart | get Cybertruck → | tags: criminals, drones, europol

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European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3B euros (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-01 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cryptocurrency mixer → | tags: cryptocurrency, cryptomixer, disrupt

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European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3 billion euros (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-01 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cryptocurrency mixer → | tags: cryptocurrency, cryptomixer, disrupt

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Dutch teens arrested for trying to spy on Europol for Russia (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: arrested, boys, europol

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European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Zack Whittaker | get Atomic Habits book → | tags: administrator, alleged, cybercrime

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Europol helps disrupt $540 million crypto investment fraud ring (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get Atomic Habits book → | tags: ai, cryptocurrency, europol