INTERPOL Dismantles 45,000 Malicious IPs, Arrests 94 in Global Cybercrime

INTERPOL led a multinational law-enforcement operation (Operation Synergia) that took down roughly 45,000 malicious IPs/servers, identified over 33,000 phishing/fraud sites, seized 212 devices and servers, and resulted in 94 arrests (with 110 under investigation) across 72 countries; parallel national actions included large raids in Bangladesh, Togo, and Macau. Separately, India's CBI executed coordinated searches targeting a Dubai-linked fintech fraud syndicate (Pyypl) that used social engineering, mule bank accounts, PoS-style withdrawals, and cryptocurrency conversions to steal funds from thousands of victims, freezing bank accounts and arresting at least one identified suspect.