50+ hackers arrested in cybercrime 'strike week' raid
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency ( NCA ) has arrested 56 suspected hackers in a campaign against cybercrime called "strike week." Law-authorization officials directed, altogether, 25 different operations crosswise over England, Scotland and Wales, and those arrested were suspected in an extensive variety of cyber crimes including: Network interruption and information theft from MNCs and government agencies Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) attacks Cyber-empowered fraud Noxious software and virus improvement The strikes directed by NCA were composed by its National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), exceptional officers Metropolitan Police and Regional Organized Crime Unit's (ROCUs), connected with nearby strengths around the UK. The arrested hackers additionally incorporate claimed hackers suspected of being behind attacks on Yahoo, the US Department of Defense (DoD), and PlayStation. The rundown of hackers arrested in the operation is given beneath: