Category Archives: Metropolitan Police

Operation Elaborate – UK police text 70,000 people thought to have fallen victim to iSpoof bank fraudsters

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UK police are texting 70,000 people who they believe have fallen victim to a worldwide scam that saw fraudsters steal at least £50 million from bank accounts.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Operation Elaborate – UK police text 70,000 people thought to have fallen victim to iSpoof bank fraudsters→

No, the Met Police wasn’t hacked. But its Twitter account and website were hijacked

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Late on Friday night, some rather out-of-character tweets seemed to be coming out of New Scotland Yard.
The Twitter account of London’s Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) broadcast to its more than one million followers a series of bizarre and so… Continue reading No, the Met Police wasn’t hacked. But its Twitter account and website were hijacked→

The Man on the Train: Caught with his phishing loot

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How does it end for phishing attackers who get caught? In a case that’s been working its way through the British courts since last September, the unusual answer is in the first-class carriage of a train travelling between Wales and London. Continue reading The Man on the Train: Caught with his phishing loot→