The Dutch National Police claimed on Monday that they had secured “full access” to all servers employed by the Redline and Meta infostealers, two of the most common cybercrime tools on the internet.
Infostealer malware is a major cybersecurity issue that is frequently sold as a malware-as-a-service tool. It infects users’ devices and harvests information such as credit card numbers and autofill password data.
Cybercriminals who use the infostealer then bundle the information into logs, which are sold on credential marketplaces to fraudsters and other criminals looking to breach any organisations whose login information has been compromised.
Earlier this week on Monday, the Dutch National Police, in collaboration with the FBI and other partner agencies in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, announced the disruption of these two infostealers on a website for “Operation Magnus,” which includes a timer promising “more news” counting down to noon on Tuesday, Dutch local time.
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