UK police have arrested 21 people and warned another 69 individuals in a crackdown on cybercrime, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday. All 21 arrested are men aged between 18-38, the NCA said in a statement, “nine were detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences, nine for Fraud offences, and three are under investigation for both.” The NCA identified the targets of the operation, shared intelligence with its partners, coordinated the five-week operation, conducted 11 of the arrests, and seized over £41,000 ($54,735) in bitcoin. “Through the identification of UK customers of WeLeakInfo, we were able to locate and arrest those who we believe have used stolen personal credentials to commit further cyber and fraud offences,” said Paul Creffield from the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit. “The NCA and UK law enforcement take such offences extremely seriously and they can result in huge financial loss to victims,” Creffield added. …
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