{"id":234275,"date":"2026-04-13T18:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/fbi-announces-takedown-of-phishing-operation-that-targeted-thousands-of-victims-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:41:50","slug":"fbi-announces-takedown-of-phishing-operation-that-targeted-thousands-of-victims-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/fbi-announces-takedown-of-phishing-operation-that-targeted-thousands-of-victims-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/atlanta\/news\/fbi-atlanta-indonesian-authorities-take-down-global-phishing-network-behind-millions-in-fraud-attempts\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> on Monday that it \u201cdismantled\u201d a global phishing operation, which allegedly helped hackers target more than 17,000 victims worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website of the operation, known as W3LL, displayed a notice saying it has been seized by the FBI. The bureau said it worked with Indonesia\u2019s police in the takedown operation, which resulted in the detention of the alleged W3LL developer \u2014 only identified as G.L. \u2014 and the seizure of \u201ckey domains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cybercriminals could purchase the W3LL phishing kit for $500 to deploy fake versions of websites that mimicked the login pages of legitimate services, allowing the criminals to steal passwords and multi-factor authentication codes from victims. The phishing kit enabled cybercriminals to \u201cattempt more than $20 million in fraud,\u201d according to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The W3LL online marketplace also allegedly allowed criminals to buy and sell stolen credentials and access to hacked systems, which \u201cfacilitated the sale of more than 25,000 compromised accounts,\u201d said the FBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment, asking to provide more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/13\/fbi-announces-takedown-of-phishing-operation-that-targeted-thousands-of-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI announced on Monday that it \u201cdismantled\u201d a global phishing operation, which allegedly helped hackers target more than 17,000 victims worldwide. The website of the operation, known as W3LL, displayed a notice saying it has been seized by the FBI. The bureau said it worked with Indonesia\u2019s police in the takedown operation, which resulted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}