Law enforcement release # Weleakinfo.com: Site hosting stolen credentials taken down after international operation National Crime Agency, January 17, 2020. WeLeakInfo: the NCA-led investigation begun in August 2019, the two 22-year-old suspects arrested on Wednesday 15 January 2020 by the PSNI and the Dutch police, the profits in excess of GBP 200,000, and the German BKA and FBI seizure of the domain at 11.30pm the same day. **Source type:** Law enforcement release **Published:** January 17, 2020 **Research grade:** P1 **Used in entries:** 2 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** National Crime Agency **Published:** January 17, 2020 **Source type:** Law enforcement release **Research grade:** Source grade P1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Official publication **Address:** [https://wired-gov.net/wg/news.nsf/articles/Weleakinfo.com+Site+hosting+stolen+credentials+taken+down+after+international+operation+17012020160500?open=](https://wired-gov.net/wg/news.nsf/articles/Weleakinfo.com+Site+hosting+stolen+credentials+taken+down+after+international+operation+17012020160500?open=) **What it supports:** WeLeakInfo: the NCA-led investigation begun in August 2019, the two 22-year-old suspects arrested on Wednesday 15 January 2020 by the PSNI and the Dutch police, the profits in excess of GBP 200,000, and the German BKA and FBI seizure of the domain at 11.30pm the same day **Dataset id:** src\_wiredgov\_nca\_weleakinfo\_2020 ## Research notes - Republication of a National Crime Agency press release on the Wired-Gov alerting service; the page is labelled 'National Crime Agency | Official Press Release' and timestamped 'Friday 17 Jan 2020 @ 16:05'. - This follows the pattern of the existing sibling records src\_nca\_welcome\_to\_video\_2019 and src\_nca\_webstresser\_2018, which also carry NCA releases via Wired-Gov URLs. - The page text renders the Dutch arrest location as 'Vriendin', which does not match any Dutch place name and appears to be corrupted; do not rely on this page for the arrest location. How this source is used Cited 2 times across 2 record types. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [WeLeakInfo seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/weleakinfo-seizure) Fraud and stolen data, January 2020 Supporting source ### Organization roles 1 citation Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown. - [National Crime Agency](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/weleakinfo-seizure) Co-lead, WeLeakInfo seizure Supporting source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)