Over 20,000 crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown
2026-04-12T07:23:31Z•2c153de77908ef1e9b242d727882d00acce413477df5fdc53b1bff71aafa9f66
PLCcredential-theftdata-breachemail-encryptionindustrial-control-systemsinfostealerlaw-enforcementmalwaremobile-securityphishingplugin-backdoorransomwaresecurity-patch-managementsupply-chaintargeted-attack
What happened
This BleepingComputer news roundup highlights multiple high-impact security incidents and product updates: an international law-enforcement crackdown identified over 20,000 cryptocurrency fraud victims across Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.; a supply-chain compromise of CPUID altered official CPU‑Z and HWMonitor downloads to deliver malware; nearly 4,000 Rockwell Automation PLCs were exposed in Iranian-linked campaigns against U.S. industrial networks; the Smart Slider 3 Pro update system was hijacked to push backdoored WordPress/Joomla builds; new Lua-based 'LucidRook' malware is being used in
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