The United States Ministry of Justice has announced the seizure of 39 domains and associated servers operated by a group of cybercrime based in Pakistan.
The websites, led by a network known as Saim Raza, also called Heart Sendend, were used to sell phishing kits and fraud tools. These sites have been active for at least 2020, targeting companies and individuals around the world.
The coordinated operation, carried out in collaboration with the Dutch national police, aimed to disrupt the activities of this international market which facilitated cybercrime for years.
The group, which offered services such as email extractors, scam pages and phishing kits, targeted mainly in the United States, causing more than $ 3 million in financial loss.
According to officials, Saim Raza has made these tools widely available and even provided educational content, such as YouTube videos, to guide users on how to perform malware.
The resources have been designed to bypass anti-spam software and help cybercriminals in their fraud operations, in particular those involved in compromise by email (BEC). BEC fraud generally involves making companies encourage payments to accounts controlled by pirates, resulting in significant financial damage.
Entering is an essential step to disrupt the global scope of these cybercriminal networks, as it removes a supplier key of tools used by transnational criminal groups and other malicious actors.
The Ministry of Justice, working with the FBI field office, stressed the importance of such international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime.
The officials welcomed the Netherlands for his important help in the operation, which highlights the growing challenges of fighting phishing and other forms of cybercrime. The arrest of these online markets demonstrates an increasing effort of the world’s police to slow down the spread of cybercrime activities that exploit the digital ecosystem for profit.
The FBI continues to investigate the case, and the Ministry of Justice works with international partners to follow the full extent of the group’s operations and its impact.
