INTERPOL on Tuesday stated it took down greater than 22,000 malicious servers linked to numerous 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 knowledge 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 gadgets, together with laptops, cell phones and arduous disks had been seized.”
The actions additionally led to the arrest of 41 people, with 65 others nonetheless beneath investigation. A few of the different key outcomes throughout nations are listed under –
- 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 gadgets in Madagascar
- Seizure of greater than 80GB price of information in Estonia
Group-IB, which was one of many non-public sector companions alongside Kaspersky, Crew 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 numerous malware actions spanning 84 nations.
David Monnier, chief evangelist at Crew Cymru, stated it contributed to the trouble by “figuring out and categorizing malicious infrastructure” following in depth evaluation.
The first 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.