FBI, Amsterdam police dismantle global cybercrime ring using hacked routers

– Guest article, written by Vincent Lautier – A network of 20-year-old bots, backed by outdated domestic Wi-Fi routers, was dismantled by the FBI and its partners. Key: $46 million generated by the sale of anonymous proxies used for criminal activities, via Anyproxy.net and 5socks.net. A global network based on good garbage equipment The FBI, in collaboration with the Dutch and Thai police, has ended a criminal network based on outdated Wi-Fi ro…

In 2024, the Dutch police noticed a shift from offline to online crime. The number of reports of online fraud increased by more than twenty percent in that year.

FBI, Amsterdam police dismantle global cybercrime ring using hacked routers

A joint operation between Dutch police and the FBI has dismantled the global criminal proxy service Anyproxy, which enabled cybercriminals to conceal their identities while carrying out phishing attacks, deploying ransomware, and stealing data, according to police.