- Interpol and international partners led Operation Secure
- In four months, police arrested dozens of people and entered vital data
- Thousands of IP addresses that host infosteralists have also been deleted
Dozens of people have been arrested and thousands of IP addresses seized, in an international operation of the Application of Laws led by Interpol, aimed to disrupt a network of infostalers and other malicious software.
The International Agency for the police said that Operation Secure had taken place between January and April 2025 and saw police services in 26 countries work together to locate servers, map physical networks and set up to disrupt cybercriminal campaigns.
Consequently, 32 people were arrested: 18 in Vietnam, 12 in Sri Lanka, and two in Nauru, including the individual suspected of having directed the entire operation, which was found with around $ 11,500 in cash, several SIM cards and business registration documents which, according to the Interpol, indicate a program “to open and sell business accounts”.
Servers, IP addresses and data concerts
In Hong Kong, the police analyzed more than 1,700 intelligence parts shared by Interpol, which helped them to identify 117 command and control servers hosted on 89 Internet service providers.
These servers were used as central centers for various cybercriminal campaigns, including phishing, fraud and scams on social networks.
Aside from the arrests, the police also seized 41 servers and obtained more than 100 GB of data.
In addition, it has removed more than 20,000 malicious IP addresses linked to information thieves and identified 216,000 victims and potential victims, some of which have already been informed.
Some private cybersecurity companies have also participated in the campaign, providing precious information: the group-IB, Kaspersky and Trend Micro.
“Interpol continues to support practical and collaborative actions against global cyber-men,” commented Neal Jetton, director of cybercrime of the agency.
“The Secure Operation has once again shown the power of information sharing in the disruption of malicious infrastructure and the prevention of large -scale damage to individuals and businesses.”
