Global police operation takes down major cybercrime and hacking forums

• German police and international partners complete Operation Talent
• The operation saw two forums seized, two individuals arrested, and plenty of money confiscated
• Cracked and Nulled were allegedly the go-to places for facilitating cybercrime

An international law enforcement operation, spearheaded by German authorities and involving Europol, the FBI, and many other European national police forces, has resulted in the takedown of two major hacking forums, multiple arrests, and the seizure of cash and cryptocurrency.

A Europol press release outlined how "Operation Talent" took place between January 28 and 30, and resulted in two arrests, seven properties searched, 17 servers and more than 50 electronic devices seized, and some 300,000 euros and cryptocurrency confiscated.

Perhaps the biggest news, however, is the takedown of two major hacking forums: Cracked, and Nulled, which, Europol says, between them had more than 10 million users.

Operation Talent

“Both of these underground ...