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Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man on Sept 15, 2026 in the ShinyHunters investigation; a Rotterdam court remanded him 90 days, and the FBI called him an 'alleged leader.' A separate inquiry into two planned murders abroad is, police say, not part of the ShinyHunters case.
Three men who worked in incident response ran BlackCat attacks. One of them was simultaneously negotiating on behalf of ransomware victims — and passing the attackers his own clients' insurance limits.
A market that took only Monero ran for five years and €330 million. The playbook that broke Silk Road and AlphaBay did not apply — and the authorities who dismantled it have not said what did.
The transition of the global cyber threat landscape from traditional network intrusions to decentralized, identity-centric attacks is exemplified by the RedLine infostealer. First identified in March...
In mid-2025, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Cochin Zonal Unit executed Operation MELON, dismantling India's premier Level-4 darknet narcotics syndicate operating under the vendor moniker...