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Egypt rounds up teenaged TikTokkers in crackdown on social media
Date: August 29, 2025
By Menna AlaaElDin, Mohamed Ezz and Yazan Kalach CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian authorities have been rounding up teenaged TikTokkers with millions of followers, detaining dozens in recent weeks on...
Suspect linked to Russian language cybercrime forum arrested in Ukraine
Date: July 23, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) -A person suspected of being the administrator for the Russian language cybercriminal forum XSS.is was arrested in Ukraine, with the assistance of the French police and Europol, the...
Amnesty says Cambodia is enabling brutal scam industry
Date: June 26, 2025
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) -Human rights group Amnesty International accused Cambodia’s government on Thursday of "deliberately ignoring" abuses by cybercrime gangs who have trafficked...
International law enforcement operation targets group of cybercrime websites
Date: January 29, 2025
By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) - The FBI and a host of law enforcement agencies seized a series of cybercrime-related websites on Wednesday, according to a seizure notice posted to the websites and...
Cybercrime and sabotage cost German firms $300 billion in past year
Date: August 29, 2024
BERLIN (Reuters) – Cybercrime and other acts of sabotage have cost German companies around 267 billion euros ($298 billion) in the past year, up 29% on the year before, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Industry association Bitkom surveyed around 1,000 companies from all sectors and found that 90% expect more cyberattacks in...
Germany says cybercrime by foreign actors rose by 28% in 2023
Date: May 13, 2024
Germany says cybercrime by foreign actors rose by 28% in 2023 BERLIN (Reuters) – Cybercrime by foreign perpetrators surged in Germany in 2023, rising by 28% on the previous year, data released on Monday showed, at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies in the run-up to elections. “The...