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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Students turning to cyberfraud as huge phishing site infiltrated, police reveal

An alleged LabHost scammer being arrested at a UK airport.
An alleged LabHost scammer is arrested at a UK airport. Police detained 37 suspects connected to the dark web site. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA

University students have turned to cyber fraud to boost their income, police have said, as they revealed they have infiltrated a huge phishing site on the dark web responsible for scamming tens of thousands of people.

The site called LabHost was active since 2021 and was a cyber fraud superstore, allowing users to produce realistic-looking websites from household names such as the big banks, ensnaring victims around the world including 70,000 in the UK.

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