U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on ‘iSpoof’ Phone Spoofing Service
U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on ‘iSpoof’ Phone Spoofing Service Cybersecurity is progressing and we can say this because a coordinated law enforcement effort has dismantled an online phone number spoofing service called iSpoof and arrested 142 individuals linked to the operation. The websites, ispoof[.]me and ispoof[.]cc, allowed the crooks to “impersonate trusted corporations or contacts to access sensitive information from victims,” Europol said in a press statement. Worldwide losses exceeded €115 million ($ 119.8 million), with over 200,000 potential victims believed to have been directly targeted through iSpoof in the U.K. alone, the Metropolitan Police noted. Among the 142 people arrested is the administrator of the website, […]