At its heart is the adoption of the free and open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture for the development and production of high-performance chips within Europe's borders. The European Processor Initiative (EPI) has run the successful first test of its RISC-V-based European Processor Accelerator (EPAC), touting it as the initial step towards homegrown supercomputing hardware.ĮPI, launched back in 2018, aims to increase the independence of Europe's supercomputing industry from foreign technology companies. It took the authorities over a year to infiltrate and break up the operation, which included some work-abroad opportunities for the three analysts and one forensic expert at the Hague-headquartered Europol dispatched to Tenerife and Italy.
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The cops said some of those cuffed have "links to mafia organisations." We wouldn't be surprised at all if the mob has or had ties to other phishing and cyber-fraud rings. Within this crime syndicate, Europol said, some members were computer experts who created phishing websites and executed cyber-fraud others were recruiters and money-mule organizers and some were money-laundering experts who sometimes used cryptocurrencies.
“This large criminal network was very well organised in a pyramid structure, which included different specialised areas and roles,” said Europol in a canned statement.