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German police disrupt Cracked, Nulled cybercrime forums

TechTarget, January 30, 2025. The January 2025 Cracked/Nulled disruption: two suspects arrested, 12 domains, 17 servers and 50 electronic devices seized plus roughly EUR 300,000 in cash and cryptocurrency; and that German law enforcement led the operation with support from Europol and from Australia, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and the U.S. (i.e. the U.S. was a supporting, not leading, participant)..

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News report
Published
January 30, 2025
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S2
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TechTarget
Published
January 30, 2025
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
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Not an official publication
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https://www.techtarget.com/cybersecurity/news/366618510/German-police-disrupt-Cracked-Nulled-cybercrime-forums
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The January 2025 Cracked/Nulled disruption: two suspects arrested, 12 domains, 17 servers and 50 electronic devices seized plus roughly EUR 300,000 in cash and cryptocurrency; and that German law enforcement led the operation with support from Europol and from Australia, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and the U.S. (i.e. the U.S. was a supporting, not leading, participant).
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src_techtarget_cracked_nulled_2025

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  • Byline: Alexander Culafi.

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