Guardian correspondent seems to have got a lot more info than the independent piece yesterday.

Excellent overview of what’s going on with high-profile hacktivism

Sort of interview with a sort of hacker…from the Independent

Yippee! Scareware shut down! Latvia involved in the scam. [and in closing it down…credit where it’s due!]

Includes a “privacy fact graphic”…Private security firms offering protection, so UK government likely to allow merchant ships to arm themselves. I cant remember why they didnt allow this in the past, but they used to claim there were very good reasons!

Very unpleasant story about the Greek police and the Greek criminal justice system…

Reads rather like a press release. Its about vehicle thefts, not car crime. Generally agreed that theft of vehicles was replaced by theft from vehicles. Figures?

Mexico…and tales of the ATF selling guns to cartels, allegedly knowingly. Your blogger complained at the start of this insanity, but the role of US agencies turns out to be worse than his wildest imaginings

Probably a state-run effort, or even state-sponsored. At least somebody thinks the IMF is still important. There’s a lot going on in cyberspace.

Thought to have made £2 million over 7 years. Not a lot of detail about how the crime was organised.