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Jul
Following the Money: Inside the Takedown of a €140 Million Iberian Fraud Network- 262

Following the Money: Inside the Takedown of a €140 Million Iberian Fraud Network- 262

July 17, 2026 Spain's national police disrupted, on July 13, a criminal network whose scale illustrates a pattern
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19
Jul
A breach nobody's attributed yet, hitting the platform that's coordinating World Cup security- 253

A breach nobody's attributed yet, hitting the platform that's coordinating World Cup security- 253

July 1, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that an unknown threat actor breached the Homeland Security Information
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19
Jul
London's police made 700,000 data requests last year. Nobody had to ask a judge- 237

London's police made 700,000 data requests last year. Nobody had to ask a judge- 237

May 20, 2026 The Metropolitan Police made more than 700,000 requests to technology companies for communications data in 2025
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19
Jul
Poland's Signal exodus reveals a pattern too consistent to call coincidence- 230

Poland's Signal exodus reveals a pattern too consistent to call coincidence- 230

June 28, 2026 Poland has told its government officials to abandon Signal for a state-built alternative — not because the
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19
Jul
Beijing's Deniable Army: A Breach in Rome and a Warrant in Washington- 216

Beijing's Deniable Army: A Breach in Rome and a Warrant in Washington- 216

May 10, 2026 Two stories surfaced within days of each other in the spring of 2026, on opposite sides of
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05
Jul
The Deniability Architecture: How Beijing Outsourced Its Cyber Footprint- 191

The Deniability Architecture: How Beijing Outsourced Its Cyber Footprint- 191

June 20, 2026 China's intelligence services have spent the past several years dismantling the very thing that once
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02
Jul
Platform Down, Market Open: The Crimenetwork Lesson in Enforcement Durability- 176

Platform Down, Market Open: The Crimenetwork Lesson in Enforcement Durability- 176

May 30, 2026 German authorities took down the largest German-speaking criminal marketplace in December 2024. Within days, it was
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02
Jun
Operation PowerOFF: Global Crackdown on the DDoS-for-Hire Ecosystem- 172

Operation PowerOFF: Global Crackdown on the DDoS-for-Hire Ecosystem- 172

April 17,2026 The latest phase of Operation PowerOFF marks a significant escalation in the international effort to disrupt the
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04
Dec
EUROPOL Disrupt 'Cryptomixer,' Seize Millions in Crypto- 137

EUROPOL Disrupt 'Cryptomixer,' Seize Millions in Crypto- 137

December 1, 2025 Multiple European law enforcement agencies disrupted Cryptomixer in Operation Olympia, a service allegedly used by cybercriminals to
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Nov
Operation Endgame: Disrupting Transnational Cyber Threats- 127

Operation Endgame: Disrupting Transnational Cyber Threats- 127

November 15, 2025 Operation Endgame marked a turning point in Europe’s collective counter-ransomware posture. It was not a
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