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Europol-led crackdown on The Com hackers leads to 30 arrests

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STIX ID: report--5d2bc5e2-983e-5bf7-b09f-692a0b3b4bfa

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-02-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Sergiu Gatlan

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Europol's yearlong Project Compass targeted "The Com," a decentralized English-speaking cybercrime collective that grooms and exploits children for extortion and CSAM, runs subgroups responsible for ransomware and sextortion, and has been linked to high-profile retail and casino breaches; the operation involved 28 countries, yielded 30 arrests and 179 suspects, identified 62 victims (safeguarding four), and disrupted multiple criminal activities.

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