NEARLY 60 people, including a Wiltshire man, have been arrested in 25 separate operations in a major clampdown on cyber crime.

Police action took place this week across England, Scotland and Wales with officers deployed from the NCA's National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), Metropolitan Police and Regional Organised Crime Unit's (ROCUs) along with local forces.

In Aldbourne a  22-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday by the NCCU and South West Regional Organised Crime Unit on suspicion of developing and distributing malware.

Officers from Thames Valley Police and South East ROCU arrested five men in Kiddlington, Oxford - aged 40, 39, 38, 36 and 34 - for conspiracy to commit computer misuse offences, in relation to a network intrusion attack.

Other arrests included: 

A 21-year-old man arrested on March 5 by the NCA's NCCU on suspicion of a network intrusion attack committed by 'D33Ds Company' hacking group, which stole more than 400,000 email addresses and passwords from Yahoo! and published them online in 2012.

A 23-year old man arrested on March 4 by NCCU officers, supported by West Midlands ROCU, on suspicion of offences relating to a network intrusion in June 2014 on the US Department of Defence (DoD).

A 20-year-old male from Hackney, London arrested on March 4 by Metropolitan Police and NCCU on suspicion of committing a £15,000 phishing attack.

A 27-year-old from Leyton arrested on March 4 by Metropolitan Police and NCCU, on suspicion of cyber-enabled fraud.

A 25-year-old man from North London arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of deploying malware against banks, resulting in financial losses.

A 16-year-old man, from the Pudsey area of Leeds has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police for suspected Computer Misuse Act offences concerning the use of DDoS attacks believed to target approximately 350 websites.

Two men, aged 38 and 29, arrested in South London and the Cambridge area by the Metropolitan Police for suspected conspiracy and Computer Misuse Act offences relating to the theft of valuable intellectual property from a London financial company.

Some 25 suspects in the London and Essex areas were arrested by The Metropolitan Police Fraud and Linked Crime Online (FALCON) unit on suspicion of cyber-enabled fraud offences - including fraud by false representation, theft and money laundering.

An 18-year-old man arrested by the Eastern ROCU in Watford, suspected of being responsible for the development and administration of the Titanium and Avenger stressor tools which have been used in DDoS attacks on public sector websites, including police.

A 22-year-old man and a 59-year old woman arrested in Camberwell by the Eastern ROCU, suspected of offences relating to cyber-enabled fraud targeting high street retailer loyalty point schemes.

A 22-year-old man arrested in Slough by South East ROCU, suspected of offences relating to cyber-enabled fraud.

Officers from Sussex and Surrey Police cyber crime unit together with South East ROCU arrested a 58-year-old man in Bexhill, Sussex, suspected of network intrusion and DDoS offences.

A 21-year-old man arrested by Police Scotland in County Durham on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences relating to a DDoS attack on the Police Scotland website.

A 51-year-old man arrested by North East ROCU in Northumbria on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences relating to a network intrusion.

A 33-year-old man from Barry was arrested by South Wales ROCU, suspected of a DDoS on a rival company for competitive advantage.

Three suspects arrested in South Wales by NCCU, Gwent and Dyfed Powys police on suspicion of a number of Computer Misuse Act Offences.

Working with the US FBI, a production order was served by the East Midlands ROCU on a hosting company whose servers are suspected of being used to house suspected criminal infrastructure.

Several ROCUs have also issued cease and desist orders visiting individuals who have been identified as purchasing remote access tools (RATs).