Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

2026-09-30T07:23:21Z•357c6228b2210c84c39596b6086ef490de5e64dc2642b2c9098acac611fae3a6
IoT securityMicrosoft vulnerabilitiesShinyHuntersSnowflakeTeamPCPad fraudcybercrimedark webdata brokersdata theftdriver licensesextortionidentity theftlaw enforcementprivacysecurity patchingsupply-chain attackstelecommunications breach

What happened

A KrebsOnSecurity RSS collection covering major cybercrime, data theft, extortion, supply-chain attacks, privacy disputes, identity-document exposure, and large-scale Microsoft vulnerability disclosures. Key developments include arrests and guilty pleas involving ShinyHunters, TeamPCP, and Snowflake-related extortion actors; a dark-web service allegedly selling more than 153 million driver’s-license scans; and Microsoft patch releases addressing hundreds of vulnerabilities, including actively exploited flaws.

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