Students turning to cyberfraud as huge phishing site infiltrated, police reveal

LabHost enabled users to set up websites designed to trick victims into revealing personal information – with 70,000 allegedly duped in the UK

University students have turned to cyber fraud to boost their income, police have said, as they revealed they have infiltrated a huge phishing site on the dark web responsible for scamming tens of thousands of people.

The site called LabHost was active since 2021 and was a cyber fraud superstore, allowing users to produce realistic-looking websites from household names such as the big banks, ensnaring victims around the world including 70,000 in the UK.