Ye scurvy dogs be stealin' data from landlubbers! UK coppers be hot on yer tail! Aargh!
2024-04-18
Arrr mateys! The scurvy dogs of the Metropolitan Police in London have scuppered a vessel known as LabHost, a haven for cyber scallywags to plunder through phishing sites. Aye, they be walking the plank now!
Arrr mateys! Listen up ye scallywags! The London police have busted a website that be helpin' cyber fraudsters trick over 70,000 British victims into givin' up their personal information like bank details and passwords. The scurvy dogs behind this site, known as LabHost, let over 2,000 criminals create phishing sites that plundered 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PIN numbers.Law enforcement in the U.K. and beyond have captured 37 scoundrels since Sunday, with another 800 scallywags warned that the long arm of the law be comin' for 'em. The site, which be settin' sail in 2021, let these no-good pirates pay a monthly fee to make fake websites impersonatin' legit businesses to steal poor souls' personal info.This den of thieves provided templates and a how-to guide for the less tech-savvy to create some 40,000 scam sites using profiles of 170 companies. And to top it off, the tutorial be endin' with a robotic voice sayin': "Stay safe and good spamming."The bobbies have sent word to as many as 25,000 victims in the U.K. that their precious data be pillaged. So, me hearties, beware of these digital pirates and keep yer treasures safe!