UK Police Take Down LabHost Phishing Service

Law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom have disrupted a large-scale cybercrime group that ran a phishing-as-a-service operation known as LabHost, arresting nearly 40 people and taking down the LabHost infrastructure.

LabHost began operations in 2021 and authorities say that the group’s customers hit nearly 70,000 victims in the U.K. alone, and many more globally. As part of the disruption carried out this week, authorities sent messages to 800 LabHost users telling them that they are part of the investigation. …

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