Genesis Market: how did it operate and how was it taken down?
The cybercrime world will have to endure without Genesis Market, now that it has been taken down by authorities on April 4. Criminals were able to sell countless sets of data from unsuspecting victims on the platform. What makes the fall of Genesis Market significant in a world full of cybercrime?
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‘FBI and Europol take down ransomware group Hive’
Hive's infrastructure is down. Europol claims the ransomware group was tackled by a partnership of Dutch, German and US authorities.
"The FBI seized this site as part of a coordinated law enforcement action", reads the banner referred to by Hive's website since Thursday. The statement is signed ... Read more
Europol’s data practices attract lawsuit from EU’s top data authority
The EDPS, which supervises the data privacy of European institutions, has asked Europe's highest court to overturn regulation changes that allow Europol to retroactively legalize personal data storage on individuals with no ties to criminal activity. The EDPS argues that the changes weaken its auth... Read more
Europol shuts down FluBot malware
FluBot's infrastructure was taken down by a joint operation of Europol and more than 10 police forces worldwide.
The operation, spearheaded by the Dutch police, freed 10,000 victims from FluBot's network. Since 2020, the malware has been distributed through text messages in several countries. By... Read more
Europol mandated to delete all personal data from non-criminal records
Privacy advocates win as EDPS orders European law enforcement to comply with data protection legislation
On January 3, 2022, Europol was ordered to delete its massive stores of personal data collected from police agencies across the EU over the last six years. The order was delivered by the Euro... Read more
NTT Security and Europol work together to combat cybercrime
NTT Security has partnered with Europol to prevent cybercrime worldwide. Specifically, it has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).
The Memorandum of Understanding contains information on how the two organizations exchange strategic threat int... Read more