A coordinated law enforcement action led by Interpol arrested 14 suspected cybercriminals across 25 African countries.
The operation was aided by Afripol and resulted in the disruption of thousands of cybercrime networks. Police said they had taken down two dark net websites, several malicious IP addresses, domains and botnets, leading to financial losses of more than $40 million.
Disrupting African Cybercriminals
In a coordinated law enforcement action, Interpol and Afripol have disrupted several cybercrime networks in Africa, as announced on Friday. Aided by Group-IB’s intelligence, the police have identified and disrupted 20,674 cyber networks linked to financial losses of more than $40 million.
Arresting about 14 suspects in this pursuit, three were nabbed in Cameroon for an online scam selling fake art worth $850,000. One more suspect was arrested in Nigeria for defrauding a Gambian victim. Further, two money mules linked to scams made via messaging platforms were also arrested.
Overall, the police have disrupted 3,786 C2 servers, 14,134 victim IP addresses tied to data stealer infections, 1,415 phishing links and domains, 939 scam IP addresses and over 400 malicious URLs and botnets. Further, two darknet sites were also taken down.
This mission builds on the success of last year’s Africa Cyber Surge operation, which dismantled an Eritrean dark web market specialised in selling hacking tools, and arrested 11 individuals across the African continent.
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