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Investigators reported 483 000 victims worldwide, who had attempted to regain access to their phones and been phished in the process. The victims are mainly Spanish-speaking nationals from European, North American and South American countries.
The successful operation took place thanks to international cooperation between law enforcement and judiciary authorities from Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The action week took place between 10 and 17 September and resulted in 17 arrests, 28 searches and 921 items seized, mainly mobile phones but also other electronic devices, vehicles and weapons.
The successful operation took place thanks to international cooperation between law enforcement and judiciary authorities from Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The action week took place between 10 and 17 September and resulted in 17 arrests, 28 searches and 921 items seized, mainly mobile phones but also other electronic devices, vehicles and weapons.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/criminal-phishing-network-resulting-in-over-480-000-victims-worldwide-busted-in-spain-and-latin-america
I guess this is a big win for Europol in their fight against cyber criminals. There are a big group and we can see that they've almost victimized half a million people around Lat-Am alone. Hopefully there will be more criminal gangs that will be taken out by the authorities, specially those who targets crypto enthusiast.