Official account of
@Europol
's European Cybercrime Centre (
#EC3Europol
), the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation. Our aim is to combat
#cybercrime
.
🎒 Schools are starting again. The police are concerned about youngsters who hack or attack their schools. Your kid's joke might be a
#cybercrime
. Are you a parent or a teacher? Do you know the legal limits in cyberspace?
🧐
#CyberPrevent
#InterCOP
☀️
#HappyHoliday
everyone!
🖱️ Many kids are spending their extra free time gaming. Are your kids increasing their chances by launching a
#DDoS
attack? DDoS is a punishable criminal offence.
🔗 Find out more about DDoS here:
#CyberPrevent
#InterCOP
#EC3
❓ Lost your files to
#ransomware
? Paying is not the answer. Our No More Ransom project offers free decryptors to unlock files encrypted by attackers. Report the crime and check for help.
#NoMoreRansom
#InterCOP
#cyberprevent
📢 Out now! Europol’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2024!
🌐 If you are interested in the key developments, changes and emerging threats in
#cybercrime
, this is a must-read for you!
Download the report here ⤵️
#IOCTA2024
🧒💻 Equipping youth with the skills they need is the key to a prosperous future! On World Youth Skills day, we want to highlight the many exciting (and legal!) opportunities in cyber and encourage youth to develop their cyber skills.
#InterCOP
#YouthSkillsDay
#cyberprevent
😎 More
#DDoS
attacks are carried out during summer holidays. Be careful not to use your extra free time to commit
#cybercrime
!
🛡️ EC3 is working closely with LE partners in EU Member States by providing support to their investigations on DDoS attacks.
#DoNotDDoSday
#interCOP
📢 Europol coordinates global action against criminal abuse of Cobalt Strike!
🤝 EC3 has been supporting this case since September 2021 by providing analytical and forensic support, and facilitating the information exchange between all the partners.
⚠️Law enforcement teamed up with the private sector to stop criminals abusing Cobalt Strike to carry out attacks.
An action led by
@NCA_UK
& coordinated from Europol HQ resulted in the takedown of 593 IP addresses linked to criminal activity.
Details ⤵️
⚡
#CyberEurope
2024 brought together thousands of players with the same challenge: test the resilience of the European Energy sector.
This
@ENISA
exercise provided professionals hands-on experience in dealing with complex cyber situations.✅
🎊🏆 Cyber Europe 2024: mission accomplished! 🏆🎊
As we wrap up
#CyberEurope
2024, we want to extend our thanks to players and organisers who made this year's edition a huge success. Your energy was electrifying!
⚡ Check out the Press Release:
👩🏫 We have live demos about cutting-edge tools at the 1st
#Cyber
Innovation Forum!
🥇 And we also have a winner! The best proposal is about CHATBOT Investigator Toolset by Matias Kluser
👏 Congratulations, and thank you for all the great presentations!
It's a wrap! Full house today and yesterday during our Cyber Innovation Forum.
2️⃣ days full of:
🔹 Fruitful exchanges
🔹 Cutting-edge cyber innovations
🔹 Transformative solutions to advance
#LawEnforcement
in preventing
#cybercrime
🙌 Thank you all for being part of it!
📢 The 2nd day of our Cyber Innovation Forum is full of excitement: We explored a chatbot investigator toolset and discussed how
#AI
might benefit
#cybercriminals
. But this is not all! We also had a live connection with
@C1b3rWall
, thanks to our Spanish colleagues
@policia
! 🤝
❗💻 The first ever Cyber Innovation Forum is on! Reps from
#LawEnforcement
, the private industry and academia are at Europol HQ for two days to identify cutting-edge innovations in tackling
#cybercrime
. Stay tuned for more updates here!
🌐The
#InterCOP
network on
#cybercrime
prevention keeps rising!
From the EU
#EMPACT
framework, it expands now globally with
@INTERPOL_HQ
’s support!
EC3 promotes prevention and will host the next InterCOP meeting this November.
A unique approach to cybercrimes was discussed at the 3rd InterCOP Conference.
Under the theme of Inside the Mind of the Young Cyber Offender, panel sessions examined the distinct skillsets of cybercriminals which can be diverted in lawful ways, ultimately benefitting society.
👮🌐 Police agencies across the globe support the 15th of June, as it's the International Cyber Offender Prevention Day!
☝️ Each
#cybercrime
prevented translates to countless victims unharmed. Each young offender diverted is a future preserved.
#InterCOP
#CyberPrevent
🤝🖥️ This is what international
#LawEnforcement
cooperation looks like in action! With the support of the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, a forensic sprint was organised at Europol HQ to process the large amount of data seized in Poland during a bulletproof hosting (BPH) case.
❗This week, we attended the
@ParisCyberSumIT
to forge even stronger alliances to fight
#cybercrime
. Interesting insights on cybersecurity and the challenges posed by
#AI
. Shout out to the organisers for this great opportunity to share our vision with current and future partners!
⚠️Crackdown on money mule service providers laundering over EUR 10 million!
EC3 helped this large-scale operation with analytical support and
#cryptotracing
, and our experts were also deployed in Italy to provide
#forensic
support on the spot.
#DontBeaMule
⚠️Crackdown on money mule service providers laundering over EUR 10 million.
Europol supported a large-scale operation involving 8 European countries against 2 networks of money-mule recruiters.
Read more⤵️