A dozen suspects in a separate UK investigation into purchasers and deployers of a particular strain of trojan is said to have linked them all to WeLeakInfo.<\/p>\n
The site was taken down on 15 January, according to<\/a> Bleeping Computer<\/em>, which noted that the takedown seems to have happened before the arrests \u2013 with WeLeakInfo’s operators tweeting about apparent “technical problems” at 21:28 UTC that day.<\/p>\n Although the NCA boasted that the takedown was achieved by 23:30 on 15th, the US FBI was in charge of that.<\/p>\n [status] Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue. https:\/\/t.co\/9vzK4O49gw<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 We Leak Info (@weleakinfo) January 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Andrew Shorrock, the NCA\u2019s senior investigating officer for the case, said in a canned statement: \u201cThese arrests have resulted in the seizure of the site\u2019s data which included 12 billion personal credentials and so work is continuing by law enforcement to mitigate these and notify the sites that were breached.\u201d<\/p>\n Dat dayglo effect tho…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Detective Superintendent Richard Campbell, head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland\u2019s Cyber Crime Centre, beamed in a similar canned statement: \u201cWe were pleased to play our part by arresting a 22-year-old man in Fintona [County Tyrone, NI] on suspicion of fraud and for encouraging or assisting contrary to S46 of the Serious Crime Act 2015. He has since been released on bail pending further enquiries.\u201d \u00ae<\/p>\n Sponsored:<\/span> Detecting cyber attacks as a small to medium business<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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