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BKA destroys darknet marketplace “Nemesis Market”
3 April 2024
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The Federal Criminal Police Office BKA has shut down the illegal darknet marketplace “Nemesis Market”. The platform with over 150.000 users enabled mass trafficking in narcotics, fraudulently obtained data and various cybercrime services. The Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor's Office - Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) - and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) secured the server infrastructure of the global illegal darknet marketplace "Nemesis Market" in Germany and Lithuania on Wednesday and closed it. At the same time, digital assets amounting to 94.000 euros in the form of cryptocurrencies were confiscated. The measures took place as part of parallel investigations and in...

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BKA Cybercrime Report 2022: Damage of 200 billion euros 
September 19, 2023
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The BKA's recently published Federal Cybercrime 2022 situation report again shows some shocking facts. Although the number of registered cases has fallen, attacks from abroad continue to rise and the damage is over 200 billion euros. A summary of key numbers and comments from Infinigate, Tanium, Yubico and Check Point. The BKA’s current “Federal Situation Report Cybercrime 2022” was recently published. Cybercrime crimes remain at a very high level in Germany. Last year, the police registered 136.865 cases of cybercrime. This meant that the number of…

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BSI warns: More ransomware attacks on companies this Christmas
7 December 2021
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From the point of view of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) there is an increased risk of cyber attacks on companies and organizations for the upcoming Christmas holidays. The threat of ransomware via Emotet is increasing in particular. The reason for this is the renewed dispatch of Emotet spam as well as the active public solicitation of ransomware groups for criminal associates. The continued vulnerability of many Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany also increases this risk. The BSI sees this as a threatening scenario and urgently advises companies and organizations to implement appropriate IT security measures. Emotet spam and Exchange server vulnerability Arne Schönbohm, BSI President: "We ...

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BKA buys Pegasus spy software
September 23, 2021
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According to the latest news, the Federal Criminal Police Office has bought a version of the espionage software Pegasus from the controversial Israeli provider NSO Group. A statement from Jaya Baloo, Head of Cybersecurity at Avast, a leading provider of IT security and data protection solutions. Spy software like Pegasus is particularly problematic because it can easily be released into the wild and used to spy on innocent people as well. It was only this summer that we learned that Pegasus was being used to eavesdrop on communications from journalists and human rights activists, which constitutes a serious violation of human rights. The spy software is able to intercept the communication of individual ...

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BKA Federal Situation Report reveals health care problems
16 October 2020
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BKA Federal Situation Report on Cyber ​​Attacks

The BKA has just presented its federal situation report, also in connection with the corona pandemic. ESET calls for stronger IT security for the health care sector. Cyber ​​and ransomware attacks can affect security of supply in times of Covid-19. The Federal Criminal Police Office today presented its “Cybercrime Situation Report” as well as a special evaluation on the subject of “Cybercrime in times of the Covid-19 pandemic”. The results coincide with those of ESET, which recently examined these problem areas in various studies: The number of cyber attacks has risen to a new high, and ransomware is the most dangerous weapon used by cyber criminals. The results of ESET's own Covid-19 economic study ...

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