Europol Targets the Online Network Turning Teen Hackers Into Extortionists and Violent Offenders

Europol is enhancing its response to “The Com,” a dangerous online ecosystem that allegedly recruits and manipulates minors into cyberattacks, extortion schemes, sexual exploitation, and violent offenses. This initiative, called Project COMPASS, brings together law enforcement agencies from EU Member States and partner countries to prevent, detect, and investigate activities linked to the network. The Com, short for “Community,” is not a single organization with a central command structure. Instead, it operates as a loose and decentralized network of subgroups across social media, messaging applications, gaming services, music platforms, and other digital spaces. This structure complicates investigations, as...

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