Africa’s authorities successfully dismantled multiple cybercrime networks through a major Interpol operation, arresting 574 suspects and recovering $3 million. The crackdown targeted business email compromise, ransomware, extortion, and fraud schemes across several countries, highlighting the continent’s growing cyber threat landscape. #Interpol #CyberCrimeAfrica
Keypoints
- Operation Sentinel involved law enforcement in 19 African countries.
- Major crimes included BEC scams, ransomware attacks, and extortion rings.
- A sophisticated BEC scheme was stopped from extracting $7.9 million in Senegal.
- Ghana faced a ransomware attack encrypting 100 TB of data, with efforts to decrypt shared.
- Fraud schemes included fake websites mimicking fast-food brands, collecting over $400,000.
Read More: https://www.securityweek.com/574-arrested-3-million-seized-in-crackdown-on-african-cybercrime-rings/