Bloke allegedly stole, sold private info belonging to ‘tens of millions’ globally

Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports:

A man suspected of stealing personal data belonging to tens of millions of people worldwide and selling that info on cybercrime forums has been arrested by Dutch police.

The 25-year-old now faces charges of violating data privacy and computer trespassing laws, and laundering cryptocurrency valued at around $491,000, according to media reports.

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