The West Midlands Police, in cooperation with the NCA and FBI, have arrested a 17-year-old boy in Walsall, UK, on suspicion of participating in ransomware attacks against US-based companies.
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Have I Been Pwned has received a database of 225 million passwords from the UK's National Crime Agency. This will help users to see if their details were included in even more breaches.
The National Crime Agency and international agencies have punched holes in UK criminal networks after an encrypted messenger app, EncroChat, was decrypted. Over 700 arrests have been made in the UK.
Several bodies, including the National Crime Agency, are investigating a malware incident affecting the Police Federation of England and Wales. The National Cyber Security Centre is also involved.
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency has said that several online drug markets located on the dark web have taken down fentanyl product listings given the danger it poses to human life.
The UK's National Police Chiefs' Council has reported an increase in the number of those involved in webcam blackmail. It also said that there were four suicides related to so-called 'sextortion'.
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said that due to increase in dating platform use, first-date rapes have increased six-fold. Most offenders were found to have no prior convictions.
Microsoft was among many companies targeted in Lizard Squad's hack-for-hire services. The cybergang became notorious after forcing PSN and Xbox Live to go offline on Christmas last year.