Dutch Police
Dutch Police discloses security breach after phishing attack
The Dutch National Police (Politie) says a security breach resulting from a successful phishing attack has had a limited impact and hasn’t affected citizens’ data. It also stated that the incident is still under investigation by the agency’s security experts and that the attackers’ access to compromised systems has been blocked. “The police have been […]
Man arrested for demanding reward after accidental police data leak
Dutch authorities arrested a 40-year-old man after he downloaded confidential documents that had been mistakenly shared by the police and refused to delete them unless he received “something in return.” Police detained the suspect at his Prinses Beatrixstraat residence in Ridderkerk on Thursday evening for computer hacking after the failed extortion attempt, searching his home and seizing […]
Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool
The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. The suspect is the third one arrested after authorities after a three-year investigation that led to dismantling the JokerOTP phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation in April 2025. At the […]
Dutch police seizes 250 servers used by “bulletproof hosting” service
The police in the Netherlands have seized around 250 physical servers powering a bulletproof hosting service in the country used exclusively by cybercriminals for providing complete anonymity. Politie, the police force in the Netherlands, did not name the service but said that it has been used for illicit activities since 2022, and has emerged in more than […]
Police seize VerifTools fake ID marketplace servers, domains
The FBI and the Dutch Police have shut down the VerifTools marketplace for fraudulent identity documents after seizing servers in Amsterdam that hosted the online operation. VerifTools was a prominent platform that produced and intermediated the purchase of fake documents (e.g. driver’s licenses, passports) that were used to bypass various identity verification systems or to assume an […]
Russian Laundry Bear cyberspies linked to Dutch Police hack
A previously unknown Russian-backed cyberespionage group tracked as Laundry Bear has been linked to a September 2024 Dutch police security breach. As the Dutch national police (Politie) revealed last year, the attackers stole work-related contact information of multiple officers, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and, in some cases, private details. The Netherlands General Intelligence and […]
Dutch Police seizes 127 XHost servers, dismantles bulletproof hoster
The Dutch Police (Politie) dismantled the ZServers/XHost bulletproof hosting operation after taking offline 127 servers used by the illegal platform. Earlier this week, the authorities in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, announced sanctions against the same bulletproof hosting provider for its involvement in cybercrime operations. Specifically, the operators of Zservers were accused of facilitating LockBit ransomware […]
Dutch police arrest admin of ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’ dark web market
An international law enforcement operation led to the arrest of one of the three administrators of the dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia,’ known for hosting ads for drug sales and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The man was arrested at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on June 27, 2024, and electronic devices containing incriminating […]
Dutch Police: ‘State actor’ likely behind recent data breach
The national Dutch police (Politie) says that a state actor was likely behind the data breach it detected last week. The attack compromised police office contact details, names, email addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases, private details. According to the original report, the attacker had hacked a police account and stole work-related contact details of […]