Cybersecurity
German Police Arrest Key Suspect in Global Cyber Crime Raids
- 22-year-old suspected to be behind international ring
- Investigators seized computers, weapons and drugs in raids
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German police have arrested the main suspect in a ring of globally operating cyber criminals.
Investigators in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate arrested the 22-year-old and one other individual from a group alleged to have sold hacking software to other Internet criminals, prosecutors in the city of Koblenz said Wednesday. About 170 suspects are being investigated as part of the probe.