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AskCyber Home » News » News » Netherlands Police Post Warnings to Would-be Hackers

Netherlands Police Post Warnings to Would-be Hackers

2021-02-19 by Michelle Dvorak

Dutch Politie Hacker warnings

Dutch Politie Flexes After Emotet Taken Down Last Month

The Dutch National Police, or “Politie”, are posting messages on hacker forums to discourage cybercriminals from their tradecraft.

The warning messages are posted on the English-speaking RaidForums and the Russian-speaking XSS forums include a video of the Emotet malware gang raid last month.

XSS has removed the warning.

“The Netherlands Police will continue to focus on the abuse of our infrastructure. We aim at botnets and related malware like Ryuk, Trickbot and many more. We feed on underground information sources and the cybersecurity industry. We will leave no stone unturned in finding those committed to cybercrime. You might lose your liberty, not just your bots and business. As you know, the Netherlands Police is always the first to see next season’s catalogues,” reports a post on Bleeping Computer.

In January, Europol announced the Emotet malware gang had been taken down by a multi-national operation. Participating agencies from the Netherlands, Germany, France, Lithuania, Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and Ukraine also took control of several servers used in the operation.

EMOTET malware gang was especially successful and managed to automate the hacking process. Victims were compromised via Microsoft Word documents sent via phishing emails.

READ Emotet Malware Phishing Spoofs DNC

“The first deputy officer of Ukraine’s national cyber police department, Serhiy Kropyva, estimated the Emotet operators had caused US$2.5 billion in losses due to their attacks on private and public institutions in Europe and the United States,” says a post by nextmedia.

The National Police of Ukraine posted a video clip of the day police raided Emotet’s operation.

Source: National Police of Ukraine

Politie is encouraging youth to take on a career in Whitehat hacking instead.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Emotet, Europe, TrickBot

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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