This initiative, named Synergia II, took place from April 1 to August 31, 2024, focusing on activities related to fraud, ransomware, and data theft.
Of approximately 30,000 suspicious IP addresses identified, 76% were taken down, and 59 servers were seized. INTERPOL also confiscated 43 electronic devices, including laptops, mobile phones, and hard drives.
Furthermore, INTERPOL arrested 41 individuals, while 65 others remain under investigation. Notable outcomes across various countries include:
- The Hong Kong police dismantled over 1,037 servers.
- A server was seized, and 93 individuals linked to illegal online activities were identified in Mongolia.
- Disruption of 291 servers in Macau.
- Identification of 11 individuals connected to malicious servers, along with the confiscation of 11 electronic devices in Madagascar.
- The seizure of over 80GB of data in Estonia.
Group-IB, one of the private sector partners, along with Kaspersky, Team Cymru, and Trend Micro, reported identifying over 2,500 IP addresses associated with 5,000 phishing websites and more than 1,300 additional IP addresses linked to various malware activities across 84 countries.
The first phase of the Synergia campaign occurred from September to November 2023, during which 31 arrests were made, and 1,300 suspicious IP addresses and URLs were identified. These addresses were associated with fraud, banking malware, and ransomware attacks.
Source: The hacker news