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DroidJack Suspects Raided in Europe by Police

On October 29th, 2015, European authorities stated they had staged a coordinated raid on multiple suspected users of the malware, DroidJack, which allows the criminals to hijack Android smartphones. This malware is available for sale in the black market for roughly $200, and can be utilized to sniff network traffic, track location, use the camera, listening in on conversations, and send text messages from the infected phone without user knowledge

Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland, all coordinated through Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, and Eurojust, its judicial network, executed these raids. These raids were performed on the residence of suspected users of the malware, rather than the developers.

In a statement, Europol said it was supporting the police task force. "Europol supported the investigation by providing analytical support and by fracilitating information exchange in the framework of the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, hosted at Europol's European Cybercrime Centre in The Hague."

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