Law enforcement authorities in Europe have raided tens or possibly even hundreds of individuals suspected of using the BlackShades remote access Trojan (RAT).
According to French publication RTL, over 70 locations were searched on Tuesday in France, including in Paris, Lille and Bordeaux.
On a hacker forum, one user from Germany reported being visited by German police because he had purchased the BlackShades RAT. Agents seized a PC, a laptop, an external hard drive, and cryptography-related…