Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil EL&P Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries Cyber fraud network stole personal data from thousands, UK police say By: FOXNews.com April 18, 2024 at 12:50 PM EDT The Metropolitan Police in London have disrupted a website called LabHost, which facilitated cyber fraud by allowing criminals to create phishing sites. A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday.Metropolitan Police said they seized the LabHost site, which enabled more than 2,000 criminals to create phishing sites that got victims to reveal 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PIN numbers.Law enforcement in the U.K. and abroad arrested 37 people since Sunday, and another 800 were warned that police know their identity. Many of them remain under investigation.UK POLICE INVESTIGATE ALLEGEDLY RACIST REMARKS BY TOP CONSERVATIVE PARTY DONORThe site set up in 2021 allowed criminals to pay a monthly fee to create fraudulent websites that appeared to be those of legitimate banks, healthcare agencies or postal services but were designed to steal users' personal information.The site provided templates and a how-to lesson for less tech-savvy users to use profiles of 170 companies to set up some 40,000 scam sites.The tutorial ended with a robotic voice saying: "Stay safe and good spamming."Police have notified as many as 25,000 U.K. victims that their data was compromised. Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Cyber fraud network stole personal data from thousands, UK police say By: FOXNews.com April 18, 2024 at 12:50 PM EDT The Metropolitan Police in London have disrupted a website called LabHost, which facilitated cyber fraud by allowing criminals to create phishing sites. A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday.Metropolitan Police said they seized the LabHost site, which enabled more than 2,000 criminals to create phishing sites that got victims to reveal 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PIN numbers.Law enforcement in the U.K. and abroad arrested 37 people since Sunday, and another 800 were warned that police know their identity. Many of them remain under investigation.UK POLICE INVESTIGATE ALLEGEDLY RACIST REMARKS BY TOP CONSERVATIVE PARTY DONORThe site set up in 2021 allowed criminals to pay a monthly fee to create fraudulent websites that appeared to be those of legitimate banks, healthcare agencies or postal services but were designed to steal users' personal information.The site provided templates and a how-to lesson for less tech-savvy users to use profiles of 170 companies to set up some 40,000 scam sites.The tutorial ended with a robotic voice saying: "Stay safe and good spamming."Police have notified as many as 25,000 U.K. victims that their data was compromised. Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd
