Dutch cops pwn the Redline and Meta infostealers, leak 'VIP' aliases

Dutch police (Politie) say they've dismantled the servers powering the Redline and Meta infostealers – two key tools in a modern cyber crook's arsenal. The Politie announced the news of Operation Magnus' success on Monday in what appears to be a continuation of law enforcement's cyber-bust template: Mocking those involved and …

[Pascal Monett]

The game of whack-a-mole continues

I seem to observe that law enforcement is getting quicker to do the job.

So replacements be aware : your time to shine is shrinking.

[Guy de Loimbard]

Re: The game of whack-a-mole continues

Good point Pascal.

A great analogy as it's good to see that the long arm of the law is able to keep pace with the technological changes and advancements of these types of tools.

[anothercynic]

Re: The game of whack-a-mole continues

It probably shows that the Dutch police invested into cyber security staff... which can only be a good thing.

[ChoHag]

Re: The game of whack-a-mole continues

It's not as impressive as it seems.

To say that security is a shitshow would be an insult to sewers everywhere, ergo the people who do the attacking do not need to be very sophisticated and so there are several of them around for whenever you need a distracting press release.

As usual law enforcement is jailing the mules and dopes while the showrunners remain free and well paid.

[DJV]

Meta? But Farcebook is still up and running!

(Yeah, I know - different "Meta", but I couldn't resist.)