The suspects allegedly used the REvil ransomware strain the malware variant associated with a notorious Russian cybercrime gang thats been used in a recent string of high-profile international ransomware incidents. They carried out multiple raids to dismantle an organized crime group involved in.
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Europol facilitated the information exchange supported the coordination of operation GoldDust and provided operational analytical support as well as cryptocurrency malware and forensic analysis.
Europol. During the action days Europol deployed experts to each location and activated a Virtual Command Post to coordinate the activities on the ground. Europol uses a mixed method approach involving qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques and a set of clearly defined indicators to identify and specify the most threatening criminal phenomena in the EU. Europol arrives at the recommended priorities for the fight against serious and organised crime for EMPACT based on this methodology.
In July the Spanish police and Europol seized thousands of counterfeit passports and ID cards in Barcelona. Two cybercrime suspects accused of launching 5000 ransomware attacks and netting roughly 579000 were arrested by Romanian authorities Europol announced Monday.
