Dark Reading Confidential: This Threat Hunter Helped Cops Bust Up An African Cybercrime Syndicate

This transcript covers Team Cymru senior researcher Will Thomas describing how Team Cymru supported Interpol's Operation Sentinel — a months-long, multinational effort against African cybercrime syndicates. The discussion highlights tracking ransomware, BEC, and data-extortion campaigns using NetFlow and infrastructure monitoring (e.g., Cobalt Strike C2s), the coordination challenges of cross-jurisdiction takedowns, and the broader trend of decentralized initial-access methods following prior botnet disruptions.