Many cybercrime investigations end with arrests or indictments that reveal little about the people behind the operations. When authorities do disclose demographic details, the pattern that emerges does not match the common assumption that cyber offenders are mostly very young. Analysis in the Security Navigator 2026 report from Orange Cyberdefense points to a different age profile, with a strong concentration of offenders in mid-career adulthood. What the law enforcement data reveals The analysis is based … More → The post The people behind cyber extortion are often in their forties appeared first on Help Net Security .