All news on the topic: Cybercrime

At least 21 Brits have fallen victim to ’sadistic’ online group chats that award points to members for encouraging vulnerable people to engage in self-harm or suicide.

Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, who has been linked to illegal online gambling operations and is wanted by Europol, has recently stepped up attempts to scrub his online presence.

Myanmar’s military government says “special operations” over the past two years have dismantled infrastructure at major scam compounds, including KK Park, and led to the repatriation of tens of thousands of foreign nationals forced into online fraud.

Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, linked to illegal online casinos and wanted by Europol, has been actively trying to erase mentions of himself online in recent months.

The coordinated action targets Media Land and Aeza Group, five executives, and seven companies—including entities in the U.K., Serbia, and Uzbekistan—for supporting ransomware operations and other cybercrime.

Police say that CCTV videos hacked from a maternity hospital in India have been sold on Telegram, raising serious questions about privacy and security in a country where such cameras are widespread.

In the fall of 2025, the Russian segment of Telegram experienced the most extensive wave of purges in recent years — with searches, detentions, and the blocking of channels that were once considered influential and nearly untouchable.

Georgian authorities have arrested a German national connected to a Tbilisi-based scam call centre that defrauded thousands of individuals worldwide.

He is a youthful-looking tycoon who ascended to the highest levels of power in his adopted home of Cambodia, where he awards scholarships and manages philanthropy programs while overseeing one of the country’s largest and most well-connected conglomerates.

UK households with £78,000 bank balances risk them being reduced to £0.

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.

Seven different types of cybercrime and fraud increased in prevalence in the North-East over the summer, according to data from the North East Regional Economic Crime Coordination Centre (RECCC).

Nigeria has deported 192 foreign nationals among the 759 suspects arrested during a December crackdown on a major cybercrime ring, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement.

Britain’s replacement service for its failed national reporting centre for fraud and financially motivated cybercrime, Action Fraud, is to be named Report Fraud when it is publicly launched later this year, according to multiple sources.

A high court judge has overturned a Home Office decision allowing a vulnerable autistic man to be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges that could result in a possible 52-year sentence.

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that cyber criminals stole £27,000 from the pub he owns in the Cotswolds.

Authorities in 18 African countries, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, arrested 1,209 individuals suspected of cybercrime during an operation led by INTERPOL, the agency reported.

According to new research, an alliance in the style of espionage is needed to dismantle organized crime groups that have become so advanced they now pose a threat to Britain’s national security.

Authorities in Cambodia have carried out several arrests this week, detaining almost 1,000 individuals as part of an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime operations throughout the country.

Investigation by OCCRP member center Africa Uncensored reveals that not only have the Kenyan police provided a false account of the cause of his death, but they have also arrested him for something he did not do.

The stolen funds from the ChainSaw collections remain idle, while most Favrr proceeds have already passed through Gate.io and several nested services.

The government said it had responded to breaches of legal and health data.

The Archetyp Market, with an estimated €250 million in sales, was dismantled by international law enforcement revealing widespread darknet operations.

Fraudsters use emotional posts and fake giveaways to steal personal and banking data from Facebook users in Slovenia.

A group identifying itself as Brigada Cyber PMC uploaded a ransom note on the dark web, threatening to expose personal identity data if payment isn’t made by June 13.