other criminals a service, a way to make money using phishing, with a ph . labhost, freely available on the internet, provided technology and training to other criminals so they could carry out phishing attacks sending fraudulent text messages to trick 70,000 people into handing over personal information. technology is enabling crime to be delivered at scale in an almost industrial fashion. and these crimes as a service, or fraud as a service, are allowing people into this criminal marketplace who don t have necessarily technical skills but they can get these crime as a service capabilities off the shelf they can buy it online. as the arrests were taking place, including at luton and manchester airports, police were also contacting 25,000 victims they ve identified, giving details of how they had been scammed and giving them advice. the victims in this case have been aged between about 25 and 45, predominantly.
and these crimes as a service, or fraud as a service, are allowing people into this criminal marketplace who don t have necessarily technical skills but they can get these crime as a service capabilities off the shelf they can buy it online. as the arrests were taking place, including at luton and manchester airports, police were also contacting 25,000 victims they ve identified, giving details of how they had been scammed and giving them advice. the victims in this case have been aged between about 25 and 45, predominantly. pretty young, then. yeah. digital natives. well, it s people who live their lives online, that perhaps do their banking online, that shop online, they re more likely to fall victim to this. people like alex, an accountant for tech firms who works online, scammed in february by criminals who targeted her business account. they sent you a text message? yes. they then called you? yes.
cybercrime in 17 countries, masterminded from the uk. one man was arrested here and 23 others around the country. and this all began about two years ago when security experts for the banking industry spotted on the dark web criminals offering other criminals a service, a way to make money using phishing, with a ph . labhost, freely available on the internet, provided technology and training to other criminals so they could carry out phishing attacks sending fraudulent text messages to trick 70,000 people into handing over personal information. technology is enabling crime to be delivered at scale in an almost industrial fashion. and these crimes as a service, or fraud as a service, are allowing people into this criminal marketplace who don t have necessarily technical skills but they can get these crime as a service capabilities off the shelf they can buy it online.
this was one of a series of co ordinated raids targeting cybercrime in 17 countries, masterminded from the uk. one man was arrested here, and 23 others around the country. and this all began about two years ago when security experts for the banking industry spotted on the dark web criminals offering other criminals a service a way to make money using phishing, with a ph . labhost, freely available on the internet, provided technology and training to other criminals so they could carry out phishing, attacks sending fraudulent text messages to trick 70,000 people into handing over personal information. these crimes as a service, or fraud as a service, are allowing people into this criminal marketplace, who don t have necessarily technical skills but they can get these crime as a service capabilities off the shelf they can buy it online.
Death notices and funeral announcements from Hull Daily Mail - April 10, 2024 hulldailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hulldailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.