US disrupts multimillion-dollar bank account takeover operation targeting Americans

The U.S. Department of Justice seized web3adspanels.org and an associated database used by criminals to run a large bank account takeover fraud scheme that placed fake sponsored search ads and counterfeit bank login pages to harvest credentials; investigators have identified at least 19 victims with confirmed losses of about $14.6 million and thousands of stolen credentials, and law enforcement disruption is intended to curb further theft.