World’s Largest Dark Web Market Taken Down
DarkMarket was said to have enabled USD140mn of transactions between 2,400 vendors and almost 500,000 users.
Police Take Down the ‘Favorite’ VPN of Criminals
Safe-Inet advertised its ‘bulletproof’ virtual private network services on black hat forums.
Zoom Employee Charged with Sabotaging Meetings about Tiananmen Square Massacre
Xinjiang Jin was hired to assist Chinese law enforcement but faked evidence of users supporting terrorism and child pornography.
Inconsistent Rules for Supplying Digital Evidence Complicates Cross-Border Police Work
A report from Europol’s cross-border digital evidence team shows how the nationality of a business affects the data it will supply.
Europol Uses Video Game to Teach Investigators How to Request Data from Telcos
The ‘immersive’ game asks players to query foreign ISPs and social media platforms following a hypothetical terrorist attack.
Court Victory for Alleged Telco Fraudster Will Discourage Future Police Action
Two Maltese operators suffered losses of USD32,300 after Vodafone Greece SIMs were used to make calls to unallocated UK numbers.
When Does Social Media Snooping Go Too Far?
Telcos have good reason to use social media to gather data about users. However, even governments find it hard to assess the risks of placing too much reliance on that kind of data.
Millions Confiscated by UK Police Following BT Theft
The lucrative nature of telecoms equipment crime is demonstrated by the profits seized from one British gang.
Who Commits Fraud: Toerags or Terrorists?
Two different stories about the beneficiaries of fraud reveal how little is really known by either telcos or law enforcement.
Ghana Police Says Telco Staff Engage in Mobile Money Fraud
The Director of Ghana’s Cyber Crime Unit says fraudsters have attempted to defraud half of the country’s mobile money users.