The FBI is seeking victims of eight malicious Steam games distributed between May 2024 and January 2026 that contained infostealer malware designed to steal cryptocurrency wallets, credentials, and account access. Notable cases include BlockBlasters (which stole ~$150,000 from 261+ accounts) and Chemia (which distributed HijackLoader and Vidar/Fickle Stealer malware).
INTERPOL announced a coordinated international law enforcement operation involving 72 countries that dismantled 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers used in phishing, malware, and ransomware campaigns, resulting in 94 arrests.
Interpol's Operation Synergia III sinkholed 45,000 IP addresses and seized 212 servers across a 72-country law enforcement crackdown, resulting in 94 arrests and 110 suspects under investigation for phishing, fraud, ransomware, and malware operations between July 2025 and January 2026.
Law enforcement dismantled SocksEscort, a criminal proxy botnet that infected 369,000 residential routers across 163 countries to facilitate large-scale fraud operations. The operation represents a significant takedown of proxy infrastructure used for malicious activities.
A Tennessee grandmother was wrongfully arrested and jailed for nearly six months after Fargo police misidentified her using facial recognition software in a bank fraud investigation, despite never having visited North Dakota. Bank records later proved she was in Tennessee at the time of the alleged crimes, leading to case dismissal, but she lost her home, car, and suffered significant financial hardship.