cybercrime

Cybercrime is the sector encompassing criminal activities conducted via digital networks, including hacking, fraud, and data theft, often targeting individuals, businesses, and governments.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to increased international law enforcement cooperation, the rise of AI-powered attacks, and the dismantling of major long-running criminal operations.

Latest on cybercrime

• China and Africa boost law enforcement ties in crackdown on cross-border cybercrime
• ‘Stock trading, investment scams drive 60% of cybercrime losses in Telangana’
• Microsoft’s EvilTokens takedown sheds light on state of AI-powered cybercrime
• Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival's website
• Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades, US officials and CrowdStrike say
• Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades: U.S. and CrowdStrike
• attackers increasingly using AI tools to carry out attacks
• cyber offenses now represent approximately one-third of all crime across Asia and South Pacific regions

Connections

6 entities linked to cybercrime across the news graph.