In 2023, we saw numerous law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime operations, including cryptocurrency scams, phishing attacks, credential theft, malware development, and ransomware attacks.
While some of these operations were more successful than others, law enforcement has been increasingly using hack-back tactics to infiltrate operations and disrupt them.
The US Department of Justice and Europol announced that an international law enforcement operation secretly infiltrated the Hive ransomware gang's infrastructure in July 2022, when they secretly began monitoring the operation for six months.
Core DoppelPaymer ransomware gang members targeted in Europol operation.
The operation consisted of raiding multiple locations in the two countries in February and was the result of a coordinated effort that also involved Europol, the FBI, and the Dutch Police.
An international law enforcement operation involving the FBI and police agencies worldwide led to the arrest of the suspected administrator of the NetWire remote access trojan and the seizure of the service's web domain and hosting server.
After successfully infiltrating the cybercrime market and gathering information about those purchasing illegal services, the agency revealed the operation by displaying a splash page on only one of its fake sites.
The domains and infrastructure for Genesis Market, one of the most popular marketplaces for stolen credentials of all types, were seized by law enforcement earlier this week as part of Operation Cookie Monster.
An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'SpecTor' has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide, with police seizing €50.8 million in cash and cryptocurrency.
In 2020, a large-scale European law enforcement operation quietly infiltrated the EncroChat platform and was able to analyze millions of messages shared between its users after breaking the encryption algorithm.
The success of this law enforcement operation may be short-lived, as cybersecurity researchers have already seen QakBot rebuilding its botnet.
The cybercriminals paralyzed major corporations' operations in attacks using ransomware such as LockerGoga, MegaCortex, HIVE, and Dharma.
FBI disrupts Blackcat ransomware operation, creates decryption tool.
The FBI hacked the ALPHV ransomware operation's servers to monitor their activities and obtain decryption keys for victims.
While the ALPHV admin claimed it was a hosting issue, BleepingComputer learned it was related to a law enforcement operation.
Ten days later, the Department of Justice confirmed our reporting, stating that the FBI conducted a law enforcement operation that allowed them to gain access to ALPHV's infrastructure.
Interpol operation arrests 3,500 cybercriminals, seizes $300 million.
An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation HAECHI IV' has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects of various lower-tier cybercrimes and seized $300 million in illicit proceeds.
Interpol's financial intelligence mechanism, I-GRIP, flagged and froze 82,112 bank accounts in 34 countries linked to various cybercrimes and fraudulent operations.
The law enforcement operation also included authorities from the United States, Switzerland, Moldova, and Ukraine, while one of the administrators has been arrested in the US. The police say the marketplace hosted 42,000 items for sale, 3,600 of which were from Germany.
This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:29:04 +0000