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How Iran-linked social media accounts faked Irish and Scottish profiles to manipulate the public

Researchers say that social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps posed as Scottish and Irish nationals in order to cultivate their following, before switching their narrative to spread pro-Iranian discourse online.

Euronews

FBI confirms 25 ransomware groups using First VPN’s now seized services — here’s what we know

FBI links First VPN’s activities to gangs involved in cybercrime and calls for tighter security controls and behavioural monitoring to prevent cyberattacks.

TechRadar

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

Europol's Operation Saffron takes down privacy-focused First VPN service

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European law enforcement forces pull the plug on this free VPN in massive cybercrime crackdown —here's all we know

Europol and Eurojust have led a massive, multi-country law enforcement operation to dismantle 'First VPN,' a tool allegedly used by cybercriminals to hide their tracks while launching ransomware and fraud attacks.

TechRadar

AI Tools Are Making Cybercrime Easier For Amateur Fraudsters, Interpol Warns

Law enforcement agencies are expanding international operations as AI-driven fraud schemes become more sophisticated and profitable.

International Business Times

Europol disrupts thousands of IRGC online accounts across 19 countries

Europol announced a major digital crackdown that led to the removal of thousands of online accounts linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the suspension of the group's primary X account in the EU.

Euronews

Naples: 12 thieves arrested for robbing tourists of luxury watches in Spain

Spain's National Police, with Italy and Europol, have arrested in Naples 12 members of a gang that robbed tourists of luxury watches in Marbella, Barcelona and Ibiza.

Euronews

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Europol GRIMM taskforce nets 280 arrests as 'violence for hire' spreads across Europe

The taskforce sees Europol collaborate with police forces in 11 countries and has already identified more than 1,400 people linked to violence as a service.

Euronews

Europol task force nets 280 arrests as 'violence for hire' spreads across Europe

European Union police agency Europol says that an international task force formed to crack down on violence as a criminal service has led to 280 arrests in its first year

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: EU moves to unlock €90bn loan as Orbán exits

Macron says ‘reasonably optimistic’ loan with go through after election defeat of pro-Russian Hungarian PM. What we know on day 1,518

The Guardian - AU

Europol 'hackathon' sleuths trace 45 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia

Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been forcibly moved out of their country and to Russia, according to officials and independent experts.

Euronews

"DDoS is not a game. It's a crime!" Europol targets the youth in latest bid to take down DDoS-for-hire infrastructure

Operation PowerOFF involves co-operation between 21 different countries.

PC Gamer

Europol launches Operation PowerOFF — warns 75,000 DDoS users and takes down 53 domains

Four people were arrested as Europol and numerous national police agencies join forces to tackle DDoS attacks.

TechRadar

'This wasn’t just phishing — it was a full-service cybercrime platform': FBI reveals takedown of notorious W3LL phishing operation targeting thousands of victims

W3LL phishing operation targeted victims worldwide before being shut down.

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Euronews

EU police force Europol smashes ring smuggling people from Vietnam into Europe

Europol said the people smuggling network transported at least 15 migrants per month, charging them up to €22,000 for the full journey.

Euronews

Indonesia deports suspected 'mafia boss' Steve Lyons, wanted in Spain on drug charges

Bali police chief Daniel Adityajaya said Lyons was wanted in Spain as the alleged "leader of a large-scale transnational criminal organisation" engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering.

Euronews

Indonesia arrests Scottish man sought by Spain in connection with international crime syndicate

Police in Scotland and Spain carried out raids in connection with Lyons' case last week resulting in multiple arrests with the help of Europol, the European Union law enforcement cooperation hub.

Euronews

Newsletter: US ambassador says failing to implement EU-US trade deal 'economic malpractice'

Also in this newsletter: Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett blasts the response of some European nations to the war in Iran; and the latest from Canberra after the EU and Australia clinched a free trade deal overnight.

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Children as young as 12 are getting radicalised in Europe, EU counter-terrorism chief tells Euronews

European teens are in danger of radicalisation and recruitment online, the EU counter-terrorism coordinator warns, saying children as young as 12 are being targeted.

TechRadar

Global Europol crackdown knocks over 373,000 dark web sites offline

A network of fake child porn sites was taken down, and operators and users identified.

Tom’s Hardware

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

Long-running SocksEscort proxy network brought down by US-EU operation

TechRadar

Major SocksEscort proxy network powered by Linux malware taken down by FBI and other police forces

The 15-year-old malicious network was finally taken down, servers and domains were seized.

Euronews

Is the EU ready to handle the fallout of a US–Iran war?

The United States and Iran are at war, and the European Union is increasingly affected by this rapidly escalating regional conflict.

Euronews

Europol warns of elevated terrorism threat in EU amid Iran conflict

Several EU countries, including France and Germany, have increased security measures as authorities fear potential attacks linked to Iranian networks or extremist actors.

Tom’s Hardware

DoJ, Europol, and others bring down LeakBase cybercrime site of 142,000 member, multiple arrests made — seized website reportedly among world's largest hacker forums

United States DoJ, Europol, and friends bring down LeakBase cybercrime forum

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