133 People Arrested In Major Action Against Ticket Fraud

At an international operation against ticket fraud, coordinated by the European Cyber ​​Crime Centre (EC3) in The Hague and Ameripol in Bogota, 133 people were arrested. The campaign focused on criminals who buy over the Internet using stolen or forged credit card data airfare.

According to Europol, millions of people are victims of credit card fraud. During the "Global Airport Action Day" worked airlines, online travel agencies and credit card companies along with investigative services from 32 countries to identify suspicious transactions ticket. Subsequently investigative agencies warned that were ready to move several airports. A total of 162 reported suspicious transactions, which ultimately led to 133 arrests.

TrueCrypt Message Suspicious Europol Do Not Mislead

A suspect who had his laptop via TrueCrypt encrypted and a custom startup screen foresaw eventually still managed not to mislead investigators Europol, says Vice Magazine according to a confidential document that was in hands.

The document describes how researchers at the European Cyber crime Centre (EC3) Europol tried to examine an encrypted laptop from a suspect. Although she possessed the password they were denied access to the machine. After the laptop was set up which showed an error message because it lacked the operating system. Therefore, the researchers thought that there was something wrong with the laptop, according to the document. Later it appeared that the defendant had changed the startup screen TrueCrypt.

Once a machine is started TrueCrypt asks for a password. This screen can be provided with arbitrary text, such as an error message. A tactic which the Belgian security researcher Didier Stevens already explained in 2009. In the case of the accused came Europol behind the trick yet gained access to the laptop by typing the password on the screen with the error message. When the laptop was examined on is not reported. It is unknown how Europol got hold of the password.

FBI Gets Popular Darkode Forum For Cyber Criminals Offline

The FBI has a popular forum for cyber criminals taken offline, where large-scale information, services, tools and ideas were exchanged to attack computers and other systems. The Darkode forum was accessible only to authorized members. Before users could join they first had to be invited by an existing member, then the other members to show their skills.

The other members were able to weather these skills and products use to infect computers worldwide with malware. During an international operation where twenty countries participated arrested 70 members Dark Node, sued or are being sought. It's going to get the biggest international operation of investigative services to offline a forum for cyber criminals. According to the American prosecutor, David Hickton, worldwide there are about 800 active forums for cyber criminals, but Darkode constituted the greatest threat to computers.

The forum now displays a message that both the domain and the website by the FBI, the European Cyber crime Centre of Europol (EC3) and international investigative agencies have been seized, as reported by Europol. According to the European Investigation forum would have 250 to 300 active users. "It Darkode forum was the place to go if you were an English-speaking cyber criminals," said Europol.

According to Europol director Rob Wainwright of the investigation services, the operation will have a great impact on the "underground" economy. "It is also a clear message that shielded forums cyber criminals offer no protection and are not beyond the reach of justice," he further noted.