‘We’re not trying to remake the economy’: FTC’s Mufarrige charts new course on tech enforcement
2026-03-05T14:51:56Z•6a2def63caa9e084e4d1758d5941f6745c92114dee6ebe78e6b3aca8d39f3ceb
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What happened
Multiple law-enforcement actions and cyber events reported: international police (including Europol and the FBI) dismantled a large phishing-as-a-service platform (reported as Tycoon) blamed for targeting hundreds of thousands of accounts — including hospitals and schools — and enabling 2FA phishing. Separately, authorities shut down the Leakbase cybercrime forum where stolen credentials and exploit data were traded. Taiwanese prosecutors indicted 62 people tied to the Prince Group following U.S. money-laundering charges against its founder. Security researchers also identified a suspected RU-
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