How Europol Is Catching Cybercriminals in 2026
Europol does not usually kick down the door. It makes cybercrime investigations cross-border, evidence-rich, and harder for offenders to escape.
Cybercrime
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Netherlands Seized 800 Servers: Bulletproof Hosting Is Now a Sanctions Problem
Dutch investigators seized more than 800 servers in a sanctions case tied to Stark Industries. The lesson for defenders is simple: attacker infrastructure is a business ecosystem.
Violence-as-a-Service: How Organized Crime Borrowed the Cybercrime Playbook
Europol's OTF GRIMM has made 280 arrests in one year targeting criminal networks that outsource violence like a SaaS product. The model mirrors ransomware-as-a-service — and it's recruiting teenagers through Discord and encrypted apps.