A suspected senior member of the hacker group OPERA1ER has been arrested in Operation Nervone, performed collectively by a number of worldwide legislation enforcement businesses, Interpol mentioned in a press note.
„Following in depth cooperation, Interpol, Afripol, Group-IB, and C?te d’Ivoire’s Route de l’Info et des Traces Technologiques (DITT) are saying the arrest of a suspected senior member of the group, dealing a big blow to their legal actions,“ Interpol mentioned.
OPERA1ER — also referred to as NX$M$, DESKTOP Group, and Frequent Raven — has been operational for over 4 years. It’s a extremely organized legal group that has focused monetary establishments and cell banking providers with malware, phishing campaigns, and large-scale business email compromise (BEC) scams.
„The group is believed to have stolen an estimated $11 million — probably as a lot as $30 million — in additional than 30 assaults throughout 15 international locations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America,“ Interpol mentioned.
Operation Nervone
Operation Nervone was backed by two key Interpol initiatives — the African Joint Operation in opposition to Cybercrime, and the Interpol Assist Programme for the African Union, which works with the AU’s Afripol intergovernment police coordination company. The initiatives are funded by the UK’s International, Commonwealth & Improvement Workplace and Germany’s Federal International Workplace, respectively.
„In early June, authorities in C?te d’Ivoire had been in a position to arrest a key suspect linked to assaults in opposition to monetary establishments throughout Africa,“ Interpol mentioned in its launch.
