Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation
2026-10-01T13:23:23Z•6bbdf5ed44bc3220c7f9713923aa06a7f98513af1edefaca1939c3cbeb577893
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KrebsOnSecurity reporting covers major cybercrime investigations, arrests and prosecutions, large-scale data theft and extortion, software supply-chain attacks, exposed identity documents, advertising fraud via streaming devices, and Microsoft vulnerability disclosures. The most significant items describe ShinyHunters and TeamPCP activity, theft of telecom metadata affecting over 100 million customers, sale of more than 153 million driver's licenses, Snowflake-related extortion of over 165 organizations, and Microsoft patch releases including actively exploited vulnerabilities.
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