INTERPOL on Tuesday stated it took down greater than 22,000 malicious servers linked to varied cyber threats as a part of a world operation.
Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the coordinated effort ran from April 1 to August 31, 2024, focusing on phishing, ransomware, and data stealer infrastructure.
“Of the roughly 30,000 suspicious IP addresses recognized, 76 per cent had been taken down and 59 servers had been seized,” INTERPOL stated. “Moreover, 43 digital units, together with laptops, cellphones and exhausting disks had been seized.”
The actions additionally led to the arrest of 41 people, with 65 others nonetheless underneath investigation. A number of the different key outcomes throughout nations are listed beneath –
- Takedown of greater than 1,037 servers by Hong Kong police
- Seizure of a server and the identification of 93 people with hyperlinks to unlawful cyber actions in Mongolia
- Disruption of 291 servers in Macau
- Identification of 11 people with hyperlinks to malicious servers and the seizure of 11 digital units in Madagascar
- Seizure of greater than 80GB value of knowledge in Estonia
Group-IB, which was one of many personal sector companions alongside Kaspersky, Staff Cymru, and Pattern Micro, stated it recognized over 2,500 IP addresses linked to five,000 phishing web sites, and greater than 1,300 IP addresses tied to varied malware actions spanning 84 nations.
David Monnier, chief evangelist at Staff Cymru, stated it contributed to the hassle by “figuring out and categorizing malicious infrastructure” following in depth evaluation.
The primary part of Synergia befell between September and November 2023, resulting in 31 arrests and the identification of 1,300 suspicious IP addresses and URLs used for phishing, banking malware, and ransomware assaults.
