Swiss police arrest 10 suspected members of Nigeria-linked crime group Black Axe
2026-04-29T14:51:58Z•778c0fe321817da1babf9b3b8efbaf7ef02aa3e5197fe9498252765fe07f2083
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Multiple law-enforcement and cybersecurity developments: Swiss and German authorities arrested 10 suspected members of Nigeria-linked criminal network Black Axe, including a regional leader believed to run Southern European operations. U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA chief warned foreign adversaries are likely to target the U.S. midterm elections and said forces are postured to defend election infrastructure. Video platform Vimeo attributed a recent security incident to a breach at analytics vendor Anodot, saying no video content, logins, payment card data or service disruption occurred. In the
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