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@nca_uk

@nca_uk
21 posts
2025-09-19
Two men have been charged as part of the NCA investigation into a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL). Read the full story ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... @CityPolice [image]
2025-09-19 View on X
Financial Times

The US DOJ charges a UK teen allegedly tied to Scattered Spider over 120+ cyberattacks and the UK charged him and another teen over a Transport for London hack

The 19-year-old is alleged to have extracted $115mn in ransom payments from victims  —  A British teenager has been charged …

2025-07-11
Four people have been arrested in the UK as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into cyber attacks targeting M&S, Co-op and Harrods. Read the full story ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... [image]
2025-07-11 View on X
BBC

UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc

Dunno, not making a particular point, other than that I've been around for ages.  Don't cause havoc kids, at least not in these kinds of ways.  [embedded post] Eric Geller / @ericj...

2024-12-04
All six have now been sanctioned by OFAC in the US. NCA-coordinated activity has so far led to 84 arrests, with many already serving prison sentences, as well as the seizure of over £20m in cash and cryptocurrency. [image]
2024-12-04 View on X
Financial Times

The UK NCA uncovers a Russian multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme that let Russian spies, European drug traffickers, and more evade sanctions via crypto

Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

An international NCA-led investigation - Operation Destabilise - has exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime around the world: spanning from the streets of the UK, to the Middle East, Russia, and South America. [image]
2024-12-04 View on X
Financial Times

The UK NCA uncovers a Russian multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme that let Russian spies, European drug traffickers, and more evade sanctions via crypto

Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

Two Russian-speaking networks collaborating at the heart of the criminal enterprise have been identified; Smart headed up by Ekaterina Zhdanova, who worked closely with Khadzi-Murat Magomedov and Nikita Krasnov to facilitate money laundering, and TGR, run by George Rossi, his [image]
2024-12-04 View on X
Financial Times

The UK NCA uncovers a Russian multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme that let Russian spies, European drug traffickers, and more evade sanctions via crypto

Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

For the first time, we have been able to map out a link between Russian elites, crypto-rich cyber criminals, and drugs gangs on the streets of the UK. The thread that tied them together - the combined force of Smart and TGR - was invisible until now. [image]
2024-12-04 View on X
Financial Times

The UK NCA uncovers a Russian multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme that let Russian spies, European drug traffickers, and more evade sanctions via crypto

Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

Operation Destabilise: NCA disrupts $ multi-billion Russian money laundering networks with links to, drugs, ransomware and espionage, resulting in 84 arrests. Read the full story ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... [video]
2024-12-04 View on X
Financial Times

The UK NCA uncovers a Russian multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme that let Russian spies, European drug traffickers, and more evade sanctions via crypto

Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

2024-10-01
16 members of Evil Corp, once believed to be the most significant cybercrime threat in the world have been sanctioned in the UK with their links to the Russian state and other ransomware groups, including LockBit, exposed. Sanctions have also been imposed by Australia and the US
2024-10-01 View on X
Bloomberg

As the US and allies try to sanction Evil Corp., the UK NCA says the ransomware gang conducted cyberattacks and espionage ops on NATO allies on Kremlin orders

- Evil Corp. cybercrime crew conducted espionage on NATO members  — UK, US and Australia issued sanctions against alleged hackers

Further Evil Corp cyber criminals exposed following NCA investigation, one unmasked as LockBit affiliate, as UK, US and Australia unveil sanctions. Read the full story ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... [image]
2024-10-01 View on X
Bloomberg

As the US and allies try to sanction Evil Corp., the UK NCA says the ransomware gang conducted cyberattacks and espionage ops on NATO allies on Kremlin orders

- Evil Corp. cybercrime crew conducted espionage on NATO members  — UK, US and Australia issued sanctions against alleged hackers

2024-07-05
The NCA has coordinated global action against illicit software which has been used by cybercriminals for over a decade to infiltrate victims' IT systems and conduct attacks. FULL STORY ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... [image]
2024-07-05 View on X
BleepingComputer

A global law enforcement operation takes down 593 servers hosting unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool abused by cybercriminals

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :

Unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool used to check for vulnerabilities in a company's network and help improve cyber security, were targeted during a week of action. This disruption activity represents more than two-and-a-half years of NCA-led
2024-07-05 View on X
BleepingComputer

A global law enforcement operation takes down 593 servers hosting unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool abused by cybercriminals

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :

2024-05-31
The National Crime Agency has dismantled the servers of prominent malware ‘droppers’ which have enabled cyber criminals to conduct ransomware attacks around the world. FULL STORY ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... #OperationEndgame [image]
2024-05-31 View on X
Associated Press

Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets spreading ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2,000+ domains

International law enforcement and partners have joined forces. Europol : Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Poli...

2024-02-20
The NCA, working closely @SWROCU and @FBI, and supported by international partners from nine other countries, have been covertly investigating Lockbit as part of a dedicated task force called Operation #Cronos.
2024-02-20 View on X
BleepingComputer

Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets

Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …

Today, after infiltrating the group's network, the NCA has taken control of the infrastructure that allows the Lockbit service to operate, compromising their entire criminal enterprise and damaging their credibility.
2024-02-20 View on X
BleepingComputer

Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets

Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …

The NCA reveals details of an international disruption campaign targeting the world's most harmful cyber crime group, Lockbit. Watch our video and read on to learn more about Lockbit and why this is a huge step in our collective fight against cyber crime. [video]
2024-02-20 View on X
BleepingComputer

Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets

Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …

2022-04-13
An online forum that provided criminals with stolen personal data has been taken down in an international operation, which has also seen the NCA arrest a suspected site controller. Full story ➡️https://www.nationalcri meagency.gov.uk/ ...
2022-04-13 View on X
VICE

Court docs: T-Mobile paid hackers ~$200K via a third party to stop an ongoing leak of stolen data on 30M customers, but the hackers kept selling it regardless

Joseph Cox / VICE :

2020-10-12
Facebook reports child sexual abuse content on its Messenger service. But it plans to introduce end-to-end encryption so it'll lose sight of crimes committed online. https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-12 View on X
ZDNet

Five Eyes governments as well as India and Japan make a new call for backdoors into products that are end-to-end encrypted

A number of experts have pointed to the information … Manik Berry / Fossbytes : Five Eyes, India, And Japan Want ‘Backdoor’ To End-To-End Encryption Phil Muncaster / infosecurity-m...

2020-07-03
National Crime Agency and police have smashed thousands of criminal conspiracies after the infiltration of encrypted communication platform #EncroChat in the UK's biggest ever law enforcement operation. Read more ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-03 View on X
VICE

Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests

Incredible investigation by @josephfcox into how the French police secretly took over a global phone network for organised crime. https://www.vice.com/... Vice Uk / @viceuk : Polic...

2020-07-02
National Crime Agency and police have smashed thousands of criminal conspiracies after the infiltration of encrypted communication platform #EncroChat in the UK's biggest ever law enforcement operation. Read more ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-02 View on X
VICE

Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests

Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.

2020-01-19
A website hosting stolen credentials has been taken down following an NCA-led investigation, in collaboration with international law enforcement partners @PoliceServiceNI, @Politie & @FBI. Full story ➡️ https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-19 View on X
Ars Technica

FBI seizes the domain of WeLeakInfo, a site offering usernames and passwords from data breaches for sale; WeLeakInfo claims to have 12B+ usernames and passwords

Site aggregated 12 billion usernames and passwords from over 10,000 breaches.  —  On Wednesday, police in the Netherlands …