Australian arm of Operation Cookie Monster cybercrime raid results in 10 arrests
by Guardian staff and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6AHGG)
Local police join multinational takedown of online marketplace used by criminals to buy and sell personal data
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Australian police have participated in a multinational raid on an online cybercrime marketplace, arresting 10 suspects in three states and seizing computers, drugs and cash.
A coalition of 44 law enforcement agencies - including from the US, UK, the Netherlands and Australia - shut down the cybercrime website Genesis Market and executed over 100 arrests around the world on Tuesday.
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