‘Operation Cookie Monster’: Dutch Arrest Their Most-wanted Suspect in Cyber Case

Dutch police have arrested a person they described as their most needed suspect within the investigation into the Genesis Market, a darkish net market for stolen laptop credentials, shut down in a multi-national crackdown dubbed “Operation Cookie Monster”.

The Genesis web site was closed in April in an operation stated on the time to contain regulation enforcement businesses from 17 international locations and greater than 120 arrests.

Worldwide investigators stated the positioning had been used to promote stolen on-line credentials, corresponding to net browser fingerprints and cookies, from greater than 2 million folks. The credentials might be utilized by hackers to bypass anti-fraud protections.

In an announcement, police stated the 32-year-old Dutch nationwide, a resident of Brazil, might be one of many high 10 customers of the Genesis Market.

They didn’t determine him or give particulars of the crimes he was alleged to have dedicated, past saying he was suspected of getting duped many individuals, a few of whom had been robbed for tens of hundreds of euros.

The suspect was arrested final week when he was within the Netherlands however police didn’t publicise the arrest till this week for investigative functions.

(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)