Interpol has announced that 306 suspected cybercriminals across Africa have been arrested as part of the global Operation Red Card from November 2024 to February 2025, BleepingComputer reports.
Aside from the detainment of individuals believed to have been part of African cybercrime rings, Operation Red Card which was conducted by Interpol alongside law enforcement agencies in Nigeria, Benin, Cte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Rwanda, Togo, and Zambia, as well as cybersecurity firms Kaspersky, Group-IB, and Trend Micro also led to the sequestration of 1,842 devices purportedly leveraged to facilitate malicious investment, messaging, and mobile banking schemes, according to the Interpol. "The success of Operation Red Card demonstrates the power of international cooperation in combating cybercrime, which knows no borders and can have devastating effects on individuals and communities," said Interpol Cybercrime Directorate Head Neal Jetton. Such a development comes months after Interpol reported to have arrested over a thousand individuals suspected to be involved in cybercrime as part of Operation Serengeti.
Members of the Group of Seven nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have been urged by a coalition of chief information security officers from 45 major firms, including Amazon Web Services, Mastercard, and Honeywell, to work on better aligning cybersecurity regulations in a bid to reduce burdens for businesses, reports Cybersecurity Dive.
Significant strides made by the U.S. in combating international cybersecurity threats and forging digital collaborations with other nations were noted by cybersecurity experts and former officials to potentially be endangered by the Trump administration's plan to transfer the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy to another department and establish a new cyber threat-focused bureau as part of a State Department overhaul, reports Cybersecurity Dive.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has been urged by a group of 48 House Democrats to provide more details regarding unauthorized artificial intelligence usage by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, FedScoop reports.
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