EUROPOL LEADS FIGHT AGAINST ‘POLICE RANSOMWARE’
May 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) police agency Europol has allied with 14 EU national police forces, EU judicial network Eurojust, Interpol and the Internet industry to fight a new cyber-crime - 'police ransomware'. This malicious software defrauds Internet users by demanding payment of fake police fines, which go to organised criminals. Europol staged a meeting in May (May 7) at its The Hague, the Netherlands, headquarters, organised by the Europol-based European Cybercrime Centre. A Europol note explained: "A ransomware attack typically poses as a pop ...
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