[Garfield]

2 months ago Dutch cops sent emails to former RaidForums members, asking them to delete stolen data and stop illegal cyber activities and warned them that they are not anonymous. They said that similar actions were taken by law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom.

Here is the original post on the Netherlands police website: https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2023/april...-data.html

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That's the kind of shit RF users received:

https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/...-email.jpg

"The Dutch Police and international police organizations have launched an investigation into the website Raidforums.com. This resulted in the police taking the website offline and obtaining a dataset containing the platform's user data. As a result of this investigation, several people have been arrested (see QR code).

The investigation has shown that you are linked to a Raidforums user account and that you are active in groups where leaked data is traded. Possession of this is a criminal offence.The police are aware that Raidforums was used to trade leaked data such as pornographic material, personal data and/or account data. Raidforums were also used to gain knowledge for the development of cyber skills that are closely related to committing serious cybercrime crimes.

The Dutch Police urges you to stop participating in online activities, such as trading leaked data. You run the risk of breaking the law. Remove pirated software or datasets obtained from Raidforums or other similar sites. Participation in or further continuation of cybercriminal activities may lead to further action against YOU. Illegal activities conducted on Raidforums.com (or on similar websites) can lead to:

• Conviction: You will be fined, community service or imprisonment
• Criminal record: You will get a criminal record. This makes it more difficult to find an internship or a job, but it also makes traveling abroad more difficult.
• Confiscation: You lose your computer, phone or other electronic devices.

The police take firm action against cybercrime, in whatever form. You are less anonymous online than you think. Do you still choose to commit cybercrime? Then be aware of the consequences. Prevent the police from showing up at your door. Think about your future and don't commit a cyber crime."

[Frame]

fbi sharing data with dutch cops xdddd

[1vwvn349]

So you're telling me the FBI (USA) shared the RF db with Dutch cops? That sucks.

sad
but no surprise

[thrax]

The police oughta be catching real criminals rather than hanging around on a mongolian basket weaving forum for those meanie weenie shitposters who hurt some billion dollar companies feefees.

[dxbi]

The police have better things to do honestly, wasting time as usual. Fuck the feds!

[Desec0x]

Well, they did well by notifying the users of such forums, now they can better up their OPSEC or still get paranoid and quit.

[ssveCY008]

it seems that they were sent by their fathers when they decided to send such emails...

in any case, I think these are isolated cases and not everyone got the message

[joepa]

Hmm will that stop the users?
Or just make them use a burner email + vpn?

[nano404]

Wonder how effective this strategy will be. Or will it just be a challange to avoid detection.