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Police arrested 119 people in an international operation led by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Dutch police.

The owner of China-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato was arrested in Miami on Wednesday, along with five associates in Europe

The US authorities have been able to unearth a huge stash of nearly £3 billion in bitcoin stolen almost a decade ago.

To date, reports show that over 15 billion user credentials sourced from more than 100,000 security breaches are now being distributed online.

South Korea denies the extradition of a local convicted of operating a large network of child pornography websites.

NanoCore came with an array of dubious functions including keylogging that allowed hackers to record every keystroke made and stealthily activate victims' webcams to spy on them.

David Carroll, CEO at XQ Cyber, says recent report reveals fundamental flaws in cyber awareness.

Cambridge University graduate Matthew Falder prowled the internet anonymously, blackmailing scores of children and adults into committing obscene acts on camera.

Sources said that the Coincheck hackers are using the anonymity provided by the dark web to help launder the stolen cryptocurrency, which is known as NEM.

The case has been dubbed "one of the largest cyber fraud enterprise prosecutions ever undertaken" by the Justice Department.

The 'highly manipulative' Cambridge graduate Dr Matthew Falder was found guilty of 137 offences at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced this week.

Inside the Welsh drugs 'lab' in Newport where 25-year-old Kyle Enos ran a sophisticated import/export business using bitcoin on the dark web.

The boy, from Grimsby, north-east Lincolnshire, was only 15 at the time when he allegedly used a "computer within a computer" to access the notorious dark web.

Experts found that the highest number of leaked credentials, 555,000 credentials, came from the financial sector.

A UK man who left messages on an illicit paedophile chatroom saying that he had 'a preference for children aged 0+' has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Stephen Allwine, 44, a deacon and church elder with the United Church of God allegedly had at least three affairs with women he met on the dating website, Ashley Madison.

Congressional investigators said on Wednesday that illicit fentanyl manufacturers were finding it too easy to send drugs to US citizens they connect with on the internet.

"With a maximum child tax credit of $1,000 per child, that is a potentially significant return on investment," researchers said.

More than 50 Android apps on Google's Play Store found to be housing malicious code hackers could use to steal Facebook passwords.

Netflix users are being warned to avoid clicking on suspicious email links after a phishing scam was uncovered that security experts say is designed to steal credit card details.

Code signing certificates can be bought for under £1000 each, offering a back door into your system.

Android users should be on alert for a new malware variant posing as ride hailing app Uber in an attempt to steal passwords, security researchers warn.

A 46-year-old "career criminal" has been convicted after trying to buy three grenades on the dark web using bitcoin, the UK's National Crime Agency said Friday (15 December).

An alleged computer hacker living in a caravan park on an island off the Kent coast has admitted to illegally stealing customer data from the websites of over a dozen companies.

US attorneys in Utah prosecuting a multimillion-dollar opioid drug-ring are moving quickly to sell seized bitcoin that's exploded in value to about $8.5m.

"This experience of searching and finding passwords within this database is as scary as it is shocking," researchers said.

New dark web markets that have recently cropped up appear to be run by inexperienced hackers, leaving the sites vulnerable.

An Illinois man who federal prosecutors say worked as a spokesman for a "darknet" marketplace for illicit internet commerce has been charged in Atlanta.

Predator from Luton who was caught with an "application form for a secret paedophile club" on his computer has been handed a two-year suspended sentence.

An unknown hacker reportedly put up millions of sensitive records stolen from Malaysian telecoms and network operators for sale on the dark web.