Kaspersky fed INTERPOL information during Operation Synergia

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A three month operation led by INTERPOL identified multiple suspicious servers and saw multiple suspects arrested.

Together with 50 member state and private partners including Kaspersky, Operation Synergia saw multiple servers shut down and cybercriminals arrested.

Combined with INTERPOL’s reach, its members and others, Kaspersky Threat Intelligence was a valuable tool for tracking down instances of cybercrime, the company says. During the operation, as many as 1 300 suspicious servers were identified with action being taken on 70 percent of those servers.Authorities detained 31 individuals and identified an additional 70 suspects,Hong Kong and Singapore Police took down 153 and 86 servers respectively,

Kuwait worked closely with Internet service providers to identify victims, conduct field investigations, and also offer technical guidance to mitigate impacts.

 

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