National Crime Agency arrests 56 across the UK on suspicion of cyber crime

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Police claim suspected Lizard Squad and D33Ds hackers arrested

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested 56 suspected hackers in 25 separate operations this week in a bid to apprehend people believed to be behind denial-of-service attacks, data theft, fraud...

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