A person who police believe to be a significant player in a successful cybercrime ring that has stolen at least $11 million from banks and telcos over a four-year period has been detained, according to police.
As part of Operation Nervone, Interpol announced yesterday that it collaborated with the Côte d’Ivoire government, Afripol, Group-IB, and the Orange CERT Coordination Centre (Orange-CERT-CC), to make the arrest.
The US Secret Service Criminal Investigative Division and Booz Allen Hamilton DarkLabs cybersecurity experts reportedly contributed additional material According to Interpol, the suspect organisation, OPERA1ER read more Police Arrest Suspected OPERA1ER Cybercrime Kingpin.