Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

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What happened

A collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports covering major cybercrime investigations, arrests and convictions, data theft and extortion campaigns, large-scale identity-document exposure, software supply-chain attacks, privacy disputes, ad-tech tracking, fraudulent streaming devices, and extensive Microsoft vulnerability disclosures. The most significant risks involve ShinyHunters and TeamPCP activity, Snowflake-related extortion, theft of telecommunications metadata, and the sale of more than 153 million driver's-license images.

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