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Threat Intelligence
Disruption Week: Feds Yank Millions of Accounts in Crypto Fraud Sweep, Seize $3.8M
DOJ-led action against Southeast Asia 'pig butchering' rings hit infrastructure, not just wallets. The interesting question is what the platforms knew, and when.
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Threat Intelligence
Dutch Police Pull the Plug on 17-Million-Device Botnet Run Through 200+ NL Servers
Politie and NCSC seized command infrastructure hosted on Dutch soil, dismantling a network that pulled in PCs, phones, tablets and IoT gear at scale.
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Policy & Regulation
Justice Department Charges Ottawa Man With Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnet
Federal prosecutors say Jacob Butler, 23, developed and rented out a variant of the AISURU botnet for paid denial-of-service attacks.
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Ransomware
Operation Saffron Yanks the Plug on First VPN, the Getaway Car of at Least 25 Ransomware Crews
French and Dutch police led the takedown of a bulletproof VPN service that prosecutors say routed traffic for Conti, LockBit affiliates, and roughly two dozen other ransomware brands.
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