Cybercrime British Man Suspected of Being the Hacker IntelBroker Arrested, Charged 25-year-old Kai West, believed to be the hacker IntelBroker, was arrested in France and charged by the United States. Eduard KovacsJune 26, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Archetyp Dark Web Market Shut Down by Law Enforcement The Archetyp Market drug marketplace has been targeted by law enforcement in an operation involving takedowns and arrests. Eduard KovacsJune 16, 2025
Cybercrime Interpol Targets Infostealers: 20,000 IPs Taken Down, 32 Arrested, 216,000 Victims Notified Interpol has announced a crackdown on infostealer malware in Asia as part of an effort called Operation Secure. Eduard KovacsJune 12, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Carding Marketplace BidenCash Shut Down by Authorities Authorities seized 145 domains associated with BidenCash, a marketplace for stolen credit cards and personal information. Ionut ArghireJune 5, 2025
Cybercrime Alleged Conti, TrickBot Gang Leader Unmasked Russian national Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev is believed to be the leader of the Conti and TrickBot cybercrime groups. Ionut ArghireJune 2, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Counter Antivirus Service AVCheck Shut Down by Law Enforcement Counter antivirus services such as AVCheck allow cybercriminals to test whether their malware is detected by antivirus products. Ionut ArghireJune 2, 2025
Malware & Threats DanaBot Botnet Disrupted, 16 Suspects Charged The DanaBot botnet ensnared over 300,000 devices and caused more than $50 million in damages before being disrupted. Eduard KovacsMay 23, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Suspected DoppelPaymer Ransomware Group Member Arrested A 45-year-old individual was arrested in Moldova for his suspected involvement in DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks. Ionut ArghireMay 13, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators Anyproxy and 5socks, websites offering proxy services through devices ensnared by a botnet, have been disrupted in a law enforcement operation. Eduard KovacsMay 12, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests Four people have been arrested in Poland and several websites associated with DDoS-for-hire services have been shut down. Eduard KovacsMay 8, 2025
Ransomware Authorities Disrupt 8Base Ransomware, Arrest Four Russian Operators Law enforcement agencies take down the 8Base ransomware group’s infrastructure, arrest four Russian operators. Ionut ArghireFebruary 11, 2025
Cybercrime 2 Arrested in Takedown of Nulled, Cracked Hacking Forums Two individuals have been arrested and one alleged admin has been charged in the takedown of the Nulled and Cracked cybercrime forums. Eduard KovacsJanuary 31, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Nulled, Other Cybercrime Websites Seized by Law Enforcement Several cybercrime websites have been seized in a law enforcement operation, including Nulled, Cracked, Sellix, and StarkRDP. Eduard KovacsJanuary 30, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Telegram Shared Data of Thousands of Users After CEO’s Arrest After its CEO was arrested last summer, Telegram has been increasingly sharing user data at the request of authorities. Eduard KovacsJanuary 8, 2025
Cybercrime Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Disrupted, Administrators Arrested The US announced the takedown of Rydox, a marketplace for stolen personal information, and the arrest of three administrators. Ionut ArghireDecember 13, 2024
Tracking & Law Enforcement 27 DDoS Attack Services Taken Down by Law Enforcement Law enforcement agencies in 15 countries cooperated in taking down 27 websites selling DDoS-for-hire services. Ionut ArghireDecember 12, 2024
Cybercrime 50 Servers Linked to Cybercrime Marketplace and Phishing Sites Seized by Law Enforcement Europol announced an operation targeting a cybercrime marketplace and phishing websites, including the arrests of two suspects. Eduard KovacsDecember 5, 2024
Tracking & Law Enforcement Largest German Crime Marketplace Taken Down, Administrator Arrested Crimenetwork, the largest German-speaking online crime marketplace, has been shut down and one of its admins has been arrested. Eduard KovacsDecember 4, 2024
Tracking & Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Read Criminals’ Messages After Hacking Matrix Service Law enforcement has taken down yet another encrypted messaging service used by criminals, but not before spying on its users. Eduard KovacsDecember 4, 2024
Cybercrime 22,000 IPs Taken Down in Global Cybercrime Crackdown Over 22,000 malicious IPs were taken down in a law enforcement operation against phishing, infostealers, and ransomware. Ionut ArghireNovember 6, 2024