Operation Atlantic is a joint initiative led by the US Secret Service, the UK National Crime Agency, the Ontario Provincial Police, and the Ontario Securities Commission, working with private-sector partners, to identify and contact potential victims and help them recover stolen funds.
"These incidents involve the intentional use of deceptive or illegal practices to fraudulently obtain money, assets, or information from individuals or institutions, and include actions carried out over cyber channels."
French cybercrime authorities were on Tuesday carrying out a search of the French offices of X (formerly Twitter) and have issued a summons to owner Elon Musk, the Paris public prosecutor's office has announced. The operation, which involves EU police agency Europol, is part of an investigation opened in January 2025, it added. The Paris prosecutor's office added that it has issued a summons to X owner Elon Musk to attend an "open hearing" on April 20th.
Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk's social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company's former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime. A search is under way by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office, the national police cyber unit and Europol, the Paris prosecutors' office said in a post on X on Tuesday, adding that it would no longer be publishing on the network.