Australian arm of Operation Cookie Monster cybercrime raid results in 10 arrests

Local police join multinational takedown of online marketplace used by criminals to buy and sell personal data Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian police have participated in a multinational raid on an online cybercrime marketplace, arresting 10 suspects in three states and seizing computers, drugs and cash. A coalition of 44 law enforcement agencies – including from the US, UK, the Netherlands and Australia – shut down the cybercrime website Genesis Market and executed over 100 arrests around the world on Tuesday.

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