Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

2026-10-05T19:23:22Z•f4a52863a2c0d8b2c2aff0c18a6068fd7724c3e8e7799fb4e067cf868079449a
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KrebsOnSecurity reporting covering major cybercrime investigations, arrests and convictions, data theft and extortion campaigns, illicit identity-document sales, software supply-chain attacks, privacy disputes involving data brokers, ad-tech tracking, malicious streaming devices, and large Microsoft vulnerability patch releases. The most significant risks involve ShinyHunters, TeamPCP, Snowflake-related intrusions, telecommunications metadata theft, mass driver-license exposure, and actively exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities.

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