Police in London say they have infiltrated and disrupted 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
British police say they have disrupted a cyber fraud network that stole personal information from thousandsPolice in London say they have infiltrated and disrupted 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 passwordsLONDON (AP) — 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 destroyed, London police said Thursday.The Metropolitan Police said it had seized the LabHost website, which allowed more than 2,000 criminals to create phishing websites that tricked victims into revealing 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PIN numbers.Law enforcement agencies in the UK and abroad have arrested 37 people since Sunday and another 800 have been warned that police know their identities. Many of them are still being investigated.The site, set up in 2021, allowed criminals to pay a monthly fee to create fraudulent websites that appeared to be from legitimate banks, health authorities or postal services, but were designed to steal users' personal information.The site provided templates and a guide for less technical users to set up around 40,000 scam sites using profiles from 170 companies.The tutorial ended with a robotic voice saying, “Stay healthy and spam well.”Police have informed up to 25,000 British victims that their data has been compromised.
