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A Wave of Fake Bomb Threats Has Disrupted European Flights, What It Means for Travellers
This week, several fake bomb threats disrupted European flights, including two KLM services. Planes were diverted and searched, but no explosives were…
Nov 7
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Dutch Brief
Police Seize Dozens of Servers in Limburg in International Cybercrime Operation
The seizure also took hundreds of virtual servers offline and gave investigators data on more than 3,000 customers who used the servers for crime…
Oct 28
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Dutch Brief
A WhatsApp Scam About a Young Ballerina Is Spreading Fast, Here’s How to Avoid It
A WhatsApp scam asking you to “vote for” a young ballerina named Eliška is spreading fast in the Netherlands, clicking the link and entering a…
Oct 21
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Lisa Vinogradova
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Criminals Used Forged Income Papers to Buy 11,000 Dutch Homes
Criminals bought around 6,000-11,000 Dutch homes using forged mortgage documents, often for money laundering, according to an unpublished report that…
Oct 8
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Lisa Vinogradova
Dutch Security Services Warn AI Is Making Cyberattacks Easier, Faster and More Widespread
Seven Dutch agencies, including the intelligence services AIVD and MIVD, warn that AI is making cyberattacks faster, larger and more accessible. They…
Sep 24
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Lisa Vinogradova
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Suspected Sabotage Causes a Major Train Outage on Budget Day
Train services across the northern and eastern Netherlands were badly disrupted on Tuesday after objects were deliberately placed on the tracks at 20…
Sep 15
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Lisa Vinogradova
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Meat From Thousands of Horses May Have Wrongly Entered the Food Chain, Investigators Say
The Belgian-led investigation examined more than 1,000 horses. Criminals allegedly sold medicated sport horses as slaughter animals for profit, though…
Sep 11
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Lisa Vinogradova
Police and Prosecutors Warn Cybercrime Is Getting Harder to Contain
Around 2.5 million people in the Netherlands fell victim to cybercrime or online fraud last year, authorities warn the threat is harder to contain as…
Sep 3
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Lisa Vinogradova
Amsterdam Introduces Stop-and-Search in Part of Zuidoost After 18 Firearm Incidents
Amsterdam has designated parts of the Zuidoost district a security risk area, letting police carry out preventive searches for a week from Thursday…
Aug 18
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Lisa Vinogradova
Two Weeks In, Rotterdam's Night Entry Ban Has Brought Quiet, and Residents Want It Kept
Two weeks after Rotterdam banned people from entering De Esch area at night, residents say the disruption has stopped and want it kept; but the ban…
Aug 11
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Lisa Vinogradova
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Scammers Are Flooding TikTok With Fake Student Room Adverts
Hundreds of fake adverts for student rooms are circulating on TikTok, using photos stolen from real rental sites; victims pay a deposit or "reservation…
Aug 11
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Lisa Vinogradova
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Ajax, ING and Ace & Tate Also Hit by the CEVA Logistics Data Breach
One shared delivery partner has become a single weak point for many well-known brands; experts warn criminals can now combine data from different leaks…
Aug 8
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Lisa Vinogradova
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