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No More Ransom Initiative Turns Three 
10 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 26 July 2019, the No More Ransom initiative celebrated its third anniversary. Today, the portal offers decryption to 109 different types of ransomware infections and is available in 35 languages. 150 partners, consisting of 42 law enforcement agencies, 5 EU Agencies and 101 public … Read more
EU Cybercrime
New Sanctioning Regime against External Cyber-Attacks 
10 September 2019
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Council has established a framework that allows the EU to impose restrictive sanctions against external cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States. The framework comes in response to recent malicious cyberattacks that originated or were carried out outside the EU and affected the EU Member States’ critical infrastructure, competitiveness, and/or state functions. Read more
EU Cybercrime
Cybersecurity Act Introduces Cybersecurity Certification and Strengthens EU’s Cybersecurity Agency 
10 September 2019 (updated 1 year, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2019
On 7 June 2019, the EU added another piece of cybersecurity legislation: the “Cybersecurity Act” . It introduces a framework for European Cybersecurity Certificates and reinforces the mandate of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). Read more
EU Cybercrime
Report on Cybercrime Challenges 
9 September 2019 (updated 1 year, 5 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2019
Eurojust and Europol published a joint report on common challenges when combating cybercrime. The challenges are analysed from two perspectives: law enforcement and the judicial. Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Cybercrime
Cooperation with NTT Security 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 13 June 2019, Europol and NTT Security signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their efforts against cybercrime. Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
Law Enforcement Cracks Down on GrandGrab 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
European and international law enforcement agencies released a decryption tool for the latest version of the most prolific ransomware family GrandCrab. Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
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Report on the HERCULE III Project “Criminal law protection of the financial interests of the EU” of the University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law 
6 September 2019 (updated 7 years ago)
Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas / Dr. habil. Judit Jacsó Dr. habil. Judit Jacsó / Dr. Bence Udvarhelyi Dr. Bence Udvarhelyi in Issue 2/2019
The general objective of the project was to protect the EU's financial interests and to prevent and combat fraud, corruption, and other illicit activities. In this context, the project focused on new practical challenges, e.g. cybercrime. One of the main events was the Winter Academy “Current questions and answers relating to the criminal law protection of the financial interests of the European Union” from 14–16 February 2019 at the Hungarian Judicial Academy. Read more
EU Corruption Cybercrime Money Laundering Protection of Financial Interests
ENISA Report on Cyberthreat Landscape 
17 June 2019 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The cyberthreat landscape changed significantly in 2018; the risk of becoming the victim of a cyberattack remains high. This is one of the main conclusions of the 2018 Threat Landscape Report by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA). The report … Read more
EU Cybercrime
ECA Dissatisfied with EU’s Cybersecurity Performance 
17 June 2019
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
Multiple challenges exist to strengthen EU’s cybersecurity and its digital autonomy, and the EU needs to do more. This is the main outcome of a briefing paper by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) that was published on 19 March 2019. The briefing paper provides … Read more
EU Cybercrime
Dark Web Marketplaces Taken Down 
17 June 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of May 2019, two major dark web marketplaces, the “Wall Street Market” and the “Silkkitie” (known as the Valhalla Marketplace), were taken down in an international operation between Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and several US authorities together with the support of Europol … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
Malware Group Dismantled 
17 June 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In mid-May 2019, GozNym, a cybercriminal network offering cybercrime as a service was able to be dismantled through an international operation between Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Ukraine, and the USA. Criminal services offered by GozNym included, for instance, bulletproof hosters, money mule networks, crypters, spammers, … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Taken Down 
17 June 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 22 May 2019, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency mixing services ‘Bestmixer.io’ was shut down in a joint action of the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) in cooperation with authorities in Luxembourg and at Europol.A cryptocurrency mixing service offers to mix … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol 
13 May 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In order to provide law enforcement authorities in the EU with a tool for immediate response to major cross-border cyber-attacks, the Council of the EU adopted an EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol. The Protocol, on which Europol reported in March 2019, is part … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime Law Enforcement Cooperation
First European Youth Day 
18 February 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) organised a European Youth Day for the first time, which took place on 20 November 2018. Under the slogan “Digital Rights of Youth against Violence,” approx. 100 youths between 12 and 15 years of age gathered at Europol to discuss … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
12th Referral Action Day 
18 February 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 20 November 2018, Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) organised a joint Referral Action Day together with national referral units from seven Member States and third parties, targeting online material linked to terrorist activities. This time, 7393 items were assessed and referred to … Read more
EU Cybercrime
EU Cybersecurity Organisations Agree on Roadmap 
16 January 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 6 November 2018, Europol, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), the European Defence Agency (EDA), and the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions agreed on a roadmap outlining activities and projects for their cooperation in 2019 in … Read more
EU Cybercrime