Two teenagers were arrested in the United Kingdom this week, accused of associating with the sprawling criminal collective known as The Com, and participating in many high-profile and damaging cyberattacks on critical infrastructure globally. hubs.li/Q03K6m0x0

The FBI released a trove of research on The Com last week, warning that the sprawling cybercriminal network of minors and young adults is growing rapidly and splintering into three primary subsets described by officials as Hacker Com, In Real Life Com and Extortion Com. The warnings lay out how The Com’s thousands of members, typically between 11 and 25 years old, pose a rising threat, especially to youth online, the FBI said. Criminal acts committed by these multiple, interconnected networks include swatting, extortion and sextortion of minors, production and distribution of child sexual abuse material, violent crime and various other cybercrimes, the bureau said. scoopmedia.co/4omcK3y

Hackers—hope to defect to Russia? Don’t Google “defecting to Russia.” arstechnica.com/security/202…