Police arrest eight in international cybercrime bust

The individuals arrested, charged and released were all men aged between 16 and 24

As part of an ongoing international hacker investigation, Danish police have arrested eight people accused of buying software used for hacking usernames and passwords.

The Danish cybercrime operation has been conducted in co-operation with the FBI, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre and the European judicial co-operative, Eurojust, according to a police press release.

“We’re talking about a good piece of international police work here,” Johnny Lundberg, a spokesperson from the national cybercrime unit, NC3, said in a press release.

“This action shows that it isn’t a risk-free endeavour to commit this type of crime.”

READ MORE: Hackers holding more people to ransom

Youngsters at it
The individuals arrested, charged and released were all men aged between 16 and 24 following raids on nine addresses in Denmark between May 13 and 14.

They were all targeted because they had bought the software Balckshades, a program that makes it possible to assume control of other people’s computers.

The police investigation has revealed that over 120 people have purchased the hacker software. A quarter were under the age of 18 and the youngest was just 13.

The investigation has been ongoing in 16 countries where similar arrests have caught 81 people and around 300 addresses have been ransacked.




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