Gardaí arrest two men, seize cash, devices, and cryptocurrency in Europol cybercrime operation

Gardaí believe that around 116 users of the LabHost platfom have a connection to Ireland

Gardaí carrying out searches as part of Operation Stargrew on Wednesday, April 17. Picture: Garda Info

Two men have been arrested in Ireland as part of a major international policing operation targeting a platform used to carry out organized ‘smishing’ and ‘phishing’ fraud.

'Phishing' relates to the sending of fraudulent emails, where the recipient is tricked into installing harmful software such as malware on their device, or into handing over sensitive information like a password or PIN number, banking details or other information. ‘Smishing’ is the text message equivalent.