British Woman For 2.3 Million Euros Ripped Through Dating Scam

In Britain, a woman for 2.3 million euros ripped through a dating scam. The woman met on a dating site a man posing as a wealthy engineer. After the man's wife had built a relationship she was asked during a period of 10 months for various loans. Eventually she made about 1.6 million pounds, converted 2.3 million.

Two of the gang members were sentenced last week. According to the British police in the past year 100 victims of dating fraud analyzed taking internet scammers managed to steal a total of 5.7 million euros. In addition, people walk not only on dating sites risk. Recently, a British woman approached via Skype and eventually ripped off for 360 000 euros.

British police advises Internet users who are talking with potential partners over the internet to pierce pathetic stories, and not by just letting a photo fooled. Also, people can not send money to people abroad that they have not met or barely know. Continue to be drawn to the question of potential online partners in doubt. Many scammers give all sorts of compliments and ask many questions, but tell little about himself.

British Police: Most Hackers Are Teenagers

Most hackers by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) are monitored his teens. That leaves Jamie Saunders, head of the cyber crime unit of the NCA, compared with Channel 5 News know. According to Saunders monitors the NCA a few thousand hackers.

Although the majority teens, their parents often do not know what they're up and the young people themselves not by what they are doing is illegal, according to Saunders. "We are talking about hundreds, a few thousand people we have identified and engaged in this type of crime." According to Saunders internet is still a very new field and there in society have no understanding of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior, as it does for all other crimes.

Third Suspect Arrested For Assault On TalkTalk

The British police for the third time this week arrested a suspect for the attack on the British ISP TalkTalk, with data from less than 1.2 million customers were stolen. That the Metropolitan Police today announced.

The third suspect was arrested yesterday afternoon. It is a 20-year-old man. Earlier this week, two boys were 15 and 16 arrested. The provider has since announced that there is indeed in the attack data is captured, but less than was initially assumed. It is less than 1.2 million e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers of customers. In addition, tens of thousands of birth dates, account numbers and partly made ​​unrecognizable credit and debit card data captured. How the attackers managed to pull the trigger is still unknown.

Second Teen Arrested For Attack On TalkTalk

In Britain, a second teenager arrested for the attack on the British ISP TalkTalk, causing some customers to wonder how good the security actually was. Last week, TalkTalk became the target of an attack. It is still unclear whether it contains customer data has been stolen.

Last Wednesday TalkTalk came with an update on the investigation, but the ISP still claims that there is "possible" data is accessed. On Tuesday, the British police announced that an attack because of the 15-year-old boy was arrested. Now comes the Metropolitan Police with the news that a 16-year-old boy has been arrested. In addition, two searches are performed.

The news that two teenagers may be responsible for the attack does some customers are wondering how good security systems TalkTalk. "It sounds like Talk Talk to the euro shop went to get their security systems", says a subscriber. Other customers are wondering whether their information safe with the provider as teenagers know the systems to attack.

Dating Fraud Costs Britons 45 Million

In the past year, thousands of Britons were victims of dating fraud and total ripped off for an amount of 45 million euros, as the late British police know. Just over 3500 people were victims of dating fraud, where they are approached on dating sites.

The scammer tries a 'relationship' to engage with the victim and ask in time to money. According to the British police, many people think all approved profiles on dating sites, but this is often not the case. Anyone can create an account, even scammers. To warn the public this now launched a special campaign.

15-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Assault On TalkTalk

British police arrested a 15-year-old from Northern Ireland for the attack on the British ISP TalkTalk, reports the Metropolitan Police. It is still unclear whether the attack there customer data is captured.The provider sets in a statement that the investigation is still ongoing.

"But unfortunately there is a chance that some of the following information may be accessed," said TalkTalk. This relates to names, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, phone numbers, TalkTalk account details and credit and debit card information and / or bank details. The possible stolen card information, however, would not be able to be used for financial transactions. The provider is also pleased with the swift action of the police.

British Companies For 83 Million Stolen Via Phishing

In Britain, nine people were arrested who managed to steal via telephone phishing 83 million companies. The scammers called corporate bank clients and occurred thereby for the bank employees. By phone spoofing looked like there was also the bank concerned was called.

The scammers then knew through social engineering to steal all kinds of banking information which they knew to gain access to bank accounts. Money from the companies was subsequently made ​​to the accounts of straw men. Through these accounts the money was withdrawn from ATMs. The British police advise bank customers to never give out personal information such as passwords, share passwords, PINs or provide other personal details, even if from a legitimate bank account number appears to be dialed.

British Police Arrest 57 People Due To Cybercrime

British police last week arrested 57 people on suspicion of cybercrime. The arrested persons are suspected of breaking into multinationals and government and steal data, performing DDoS attacks, cyber fraud and developing malware.

This would have a 21-year-old man 400,000 email addresses and passwords of Yahoo stolen and published in 2012. A 33-year-old man is suspected of having a DDoS attack on a competitor performed in order to gain a competitive advantage. A third suspect would have carried out a phishing attack in which £ 15,000 was captured. A 23-year-old man is suspected of breaking into the Pentagon, where he information about a satellite service would have captured.

In addition to maintaining all the suspects said the British National Crime Agency (NCA), which this week also SMEs, hosting companies and ISPs helped identify threats to their infrastructure. So got 60 companies visited by the police and became their IT environment controlled. This resulted in more than 5,500 hacked servers.

Through these servers could send cybercriminals spam, perform DDoS attacks and hosting phishing sites. If organizations follow the advice of the NCA, it could halve the phishing attacks in Britain, according to the investigation department. Police Chief Executive Peter Goodman calls geburikers organizations and therefore to take simple measures that help to be safe on the Internet and make it harder for criminals to get away with it.