Europol arrest teenagers suspected of misusing remote access trojans

Europol, in cooperation with various agencies fifteen persons were arrested, because they are under suspicion of committing various forms of cybercrime. The suspects are mainly teenagers and young adults.

The suspects would remote-access trojans or rat’s use, which they may have gained access to the computers of other people. So they were probably able to internet crimes to commit, reports Europol. Below would be the stealing of personal information, execute ddos attacks and extortion.

In total, fifteen persons were arrested, among whom were teenagers and young adults. The arrests were made in Estonia, France, Romania, Latvia, Italy, Norway and the United Kingdom. A French team stood at the head of the research that was part of the so-called Empact-project, where various European law enforcement agencies to collaborate with each other. It is expected that in 2015 similar investigations and operations carried out.

The action was, according to Europol’s important to make people aware of the danger of such malware. Including BlackShades and DarkComet are as well-known remote-access-tools called.

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