What is 'The Com'

We dive into the decentralized architecture of “The Com,” exposing its hybrid ecosystem of hacking, extortion, and real-life violence. The Community, more widely known as “The Com” is a sophisticated hybrid threat ecosystem in which cybercrime serves as the venture capital for domestic terrorism. Existing since the early 2010s, it operates in the “edgesphere”, a grey area where mainstream social media overlaps with underground criminal networks, blending nihilistic violent extremism (NVE) with high-level financial fraud. In The Com, cybercrime against Fortune 500 companies is the primary revenue stream used by members to fund a domestic terror network that aims to radicalize youth and encourage real-world violence.

Europol-led action against nihilistic violent extremist network 'The Com' – Referral Action Days disrupt online ecosystem and leads to the referral of 4340 URLs referencing disturbing content

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An estimated 4 340 URLs related to nihilistic violent extremism were referred during the initiative organised by Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit - EU IRU and the Spanish Intelligence Centre against Terrorism and Organised Crime (CITCO). This successful action complements the efforts undertaken within Project COMPASS, coordinated by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre, which unites law enforcement authorities from EU…

Source: europol.europa.eu

Hacker Com: Cyber Criminal Subset of The Community Is a Rising Threat to Youth Online

The FBI is warning the public about Hacker Com, one of three subsets of the growing and evolving online threat group known as The Com, short for The Community, a primarily English speaking, international, online ecosystem comprised of multiple interconnected networks whose members, many of whom are minors, engage in a variety of criminal violations.

Source: fbi.gov