Scores of People Arrested in Global Hacker Crackdown

Date: 20-05-2014 1:05 pm (10 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Acting on an FBI tipoff, police worldwide have arrested 97 people in 16 countries suspected of developing, distributing or using malicious software called BlackShades that allows criminals to gain surreptitious control of personal computers, European law enforcement officials announced Monday.


The malware allows hackers to steal personal information, intercept keystrokes and hijack webcams to make secret recordings of their users. BlackShades also can be used to encrypt and lock a computer’s data files, blocking the rightful owners from regaining access unless they pay a ransom.

French officials said last week’s raids happened after the FBI arrested two BlackShades developers and distributed a list of their international customers who purchased the malware.

Coordination agencies Europol and Eurojust, based in The Hague, Netherlands, said Monday that police in 13 European countries — Austria, Belgium, Britain, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands and Switzerland — as well as in the United States, Canada and Chile raided 359 properties and seized cash, firearms, drugs and more than 1,000 data storage devices.

In a BlackShades-related related investigation before the latest global arrests, Dutch police earlier this year arrested a 18-year-old man for using the malware to take pictures of women and girls using about 2,000 computers.


Posted: at 20-05-2014 01:05 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- Topsylucas at 20-05-2014 01:52 PM (10 years ago)
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Good one. Pls arrest them b4 the evil spreads.
Posted: at 20-05-2014 01:52 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- DrSoba at 20-05-2014 03:21 PM (10 years ago)
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Good. The earlier the better because, if it gets to Nigeria, you will not see anyone to arrest.
Posted: at 20-05-2014 03:21 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- christianity at 20-05-2014 04:07 PM (10 years ago)
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Dem  try
Posted: at 20-05-2014 04:07 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dareper at 20-05-2014 04:11 PM (10 years ago)
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Bad market for yahoo guys
Posted: at 20-05-2014 04:11 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- winace at 20-05-2014 04:34 PM (10 years ago)
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Ok oooo
Posted: at 20-05-2014 04:34 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Topsylucas at 20-05-2014 04:37 PM (10 years ago)
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Quote from: DrSoba on 20-05-2014 03:21 PM
Good. The earlier the better because, if it gets to Nigeria, you will not see anyone to arrest.


Abi? Dem go run enta sambisa forest wey be a no go area.
Posted: at 20-05-2014 04:37 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Nicksam at 20-05-2014 04:58 PM (10 years ago)
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GOOD STEP
Posted: at 20-05-2014 04:58 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- osamabinladin at 20-05-2014 05:31 PM (10 years ago)
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 Cool
Posted: at 20-05-2014 05:31 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- chicco77 at 20-05-2014 05:45 PM (10 years ago)
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 Cool Cool
Posted: at 20-05-2014 05:45 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Reignest at 20-05-2014 06:55 PM (10 years ago)
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una get luck say e never enter 9ja chaii oyibo for hear weeiii from 9ja yahoo boys
Posted: at 20-05-2014 06:55 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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- beneno at 20-05-2014 07:37 PM (10 years ago)
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 Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes
Posted: at 20-05-2014 07:37 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Larry28 at 20-05-2014 09:51 PM (10 years ago)
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BAD MARKET
Posted: at 20-05-2014 09:51 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- dickman2 at 20-05-2014 09:53 PM (10 years ago)
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ok we hear..
Posted: at 20-05-2014 09:53 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- cocoeni at 21-05-2014 10:35 AM (10 years ago)
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Bad market for the yahoo yahoo boys
Posted: at 21-05-2014 10:35 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- elchymo at 27-08-2015 06:59 AM (9 years ago)
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Na wa oo
Posted: at 27-08-2015 06:59 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
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