News report

# 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)..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** January 30, 2025

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** TechTarget

**Published:** January 30, 2025

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.techtarget.com/cybersecurity/news/366618510/German-police-disrupt-Cracked-Nulled-cybercrime-forums](https://www.techtarget.com/cybersecurity/news/366618510/German-police-disrupt-Cracked-Nulled-cybercrime-forums)

**What it supports:** 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).

**Dataset id:** src\_techtarget\_cracked\_nulled\_2025

## Research notes

- Byline: Alexander Culafi.

How this source is used

Cited 2 times across 2 record types.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Cracked and Nulled forums takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/cracked-and-nulled-forums-takedown)

Fraud and stolen data, January 2025

Supporting source

### Organization roles

1 citation

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/cracked-and-nulled-forums-takedown)

Operational lead, Cracked and Nulled forums takedown

Supporting source

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