Africa Cyber Surge II Nets 14 Arrests and Disrupts Thousands of Illicit Cyber Networks

INTERPOL and AFRIPOL successfully coordinated a four-month Africa Cyber Surge II operation across 25 African countries, resulting in the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals and the identification of 20,674 suspicious cyber networks.  The operation underscores the surge in digital insecurity and cyber threats in the region and illustrated the cooperation by INTERPOL’s Cybercrime Directorate, under the auspices of the INTERPOL Africa Cybercrime Operations desk and INTERPOL’s Support Program for the African Union in relation to AFRIPOL (ISPA).   The operation identified networks connected to financial losses of more than USD 40 million.