Back Ground.News Successful Blow Against a Worldwide Dangerous Phishing Grouping
The Attorney General's Office Frankfurt am Main – Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) – and the Federal Criminal Office (BKA) together with law enforcement agencies from the USA have smashed the central infrastructure of one of the world's most widespread criminal phishing services called Kratos. Kratos' developer and technical administrator was arrested in Indonesia by the local authorities. Kratos was a digital building kit devel…
The number of victims is to go into the hundreds of thousands: fraudsters were able to compile criminal services on the Internet via a modular system themselves. Now investigators have pulled the plug.
People often fall in on fake pages and reveal sensitive data with which criminals cause harm. Investigators are now able to strike a blow against a large phishing service. Investigators from Germany and the USA have jointly smashed the central infrastructure of one of the world's most widespread criminal phishing services.The number of victims from more than 30 countries - especially from Europe and the USA - has been in the hundreds of thousand…
Investigators from Germany and the USA smashed the infrastructure of the phishing service Kratos. The service enabled thousands of attacks every month.
People often fall in on fake pages and reveal sensitive data with which criminals cause harm. Investigators are now able to strike a blow against a large phishing service. Investigators from Germany and the USA have jointly smashed the central infrastructure of one of the world's most widespread criminal phishing services. The number of victims, who came from more than 30 countries – especially from Europe and the USA – has been in the hundreds …
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