Interpol cybercrime crackdown nets 5,800 arrests across 97 countries

2026-07-09T20:51:42Zcfbcd420bffde4196b94ee37e8d7773f1bf0a2d3420ea43421928bd4d37bff62
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What happened

A CyberScoop roundup covering multiple high-impact cyber incidents and developments: Interpol’s Operation First Light led to 5,800 arrests and identified >142,000 social‑engineering victims; Proofpoint links a suspected Chinese espionage campaign exploiting a Roundcube exploit chain to compromise physics and engineering departments at universities; researchers/Sysdig documented what they call the first agentic ransomware incident (reducing operator complexity and increasing tempo); a deepfake CSAM lawsuit against xAI’s Grok expanded and now names Stability AI; Spain arrested an alleged member/

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2026-07-09T20:51:42Z
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