November 26, 2024 By Bill Toulas
Law enforcement agencies in Africa arrested as part of 'Operation Serengeti' more than a thousand individuals suspected of being involved in major cybercriminal activities that caused close to $193 million in financial losses all over the world.
The operation was coordinated by the Interpol and Afripol between September 2nd and October 31st and "targeted criminals behind ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion and online scams."
In total, authorities in 19 African countries arrested 1,006 suspects and took down 134,089 malicious infrastructures and networks, based on intelligence provided by operational partners Cybercrime Atlas, Fortinet, Group-IB, Kaspersky, Team Cymru, Trend Micro, and Uppsala Security.
The investigators report that the suspects and infrastructures were linked to at least 35,224 identified victims who lost nearly $193 million. Operation Serengeti recovered roughly $44 million.
Source: INTERPOL
