UK Police Arrest 21, Warn 69 in Cyber Crackdown

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters

UK police have arrested 21 people and warned another 69 individuals in a crackdown on cybercrime, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday.

All 21 arrested are men aged between 18-38, the NCA said in a statement, “nine were detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences, nine for Fraud offences, and three are under investigation for both.”