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49 Suspected Members of Cybercriminal Group Arrested In Europe
An anonymous reader writes: A joint international operation led to the arrests of 49 suspected members of a cybercriminal group in Europe. The operation involved law enforcement agencies from several different nations, including Italy, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Georgia, and the UK. Police searched 58 separate properties, seizing laptops, hard disks, telephones, tablets, credit cards and cash, SIM cards, memory sticks, forged documents and bank account documents. The criminals came to the attention of police after repeatedly initiating man-in-the-middle attacks against European companies, using intrusions and social engineering to route corporate payments to their own bank accounts.
Honestly, what's there to respond to?
Awesome, they arrested some of the many people using the internet to run scams. Woo hoo!
We're all safe! Oh, wait, not so much.
The guy claiming to be from the "Microsoft Service Provider", or the one claiming to lower my credit card, or the duct cleaning guys, or the free cruise ... these people still call me, and the internet is still full of spam and malware.
Other than a collective "good, but it's a drop in the bucket", did you expect us to declare a national holiday or something?
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
The criminals came to the attention of police after repeatedly initiating man-in-the-middle attacks against European companies, using intrusions and social engineering to route corporate payments to their own bank accounts.
Corporate lucre being stolen? Break out the task force! Consumers being hacked? Go fuck yourselves.