'Operation Cookie Monster': International police action seizes dark web market

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International law enforcement agencies have seized a sprawling dark web marketplace popular with cybercriminals, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday, in a multinational crackdown dubbed 'Operation Cookie Monster.'

A projection of cyber code on a hooded man is pictured in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/IllustrationWASHINGTON/LONDON, April 5 - International law enforcement agencies have seized a sprawling dark web marketplace popular with cybercriminals, Britain's National Crime Agency said on Wednesday, in a multinational crackdown dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster.

The NCA estimated that the service hosted about 80 million credentials and digital fingerprints stolen from more than 2 million people. British authorities said 17 countries were involved in the operation, which was led by the FBI and Dutch National Police and resulted in about 120 arrests, more than 200 searches and almost 100 pieces of "preventative activity."

 

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