Interpol Serengeti III nets 1,462 arrests and $105 million
Original title: Cybercrime crackdown across Africa leads to 1,462 arrests, $105 million seized
Twenty African countries and the United States took part; identified victims lost more than $385 million.
Interpol said Operation Serengeti III disrupted more than 10,000 malicious networks and identified just under 66,000 victims. Uganda accounted for 365 arrests of foreign nationals tied to call-center investment fraud aimed at pensioners in Asia. Angola shut two illegal cryptocurrency mining sites, and Nigerian cases involved phishing, business email compromise and an investment scam. Several investigations remain open.
Unconfirmed: Local reporting on arrests in Uganda did not confirm those cases were part of Serengeti III.
- Angola seized more than 2,000 mining devices and six power stations valued above $1 million.
- A Nigerian suspect was accused of amassing about 2.1 million email addresses.
- A separate Nigerian case traced more than $2.4 million, much of it through cryptocurrency.
- Authorities also reported action in Tanzania, Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
- Interpol said several investigations remain open as suspects and proceeds are traced.
- ATT&CK
- T1566 Phishing
- Organizations
- Interpol
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2 min read at therecord.mediaMore than 1,400 suspected cybercriminals were arrested across Africa this summer as part of a crackdown on the gangs perpetrating online fraud, ransomware and business email compromise attacks, Interpol said.
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