INTERPOL Operation Takes Down Sniper Dz Phishing Platform, Arrests Administrator

Summary: An INTERPOL-led operation codenamed Operation Ramz, run between October 2025 and February 2026, disrupted the Sniper Dz phishing-as-a-service platform and led to 201 arrests across 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The Algerian National Police arrested the platform's primary developer and administrator, known as Guedz, and authorities took down the PhaaS website and seized hardware containing phishing software and scripts.
What's compelling: Sniper Dz operated since at least 2015, collected more than 45,000 victim records, and was tied to over 20,000 unique domains, with 80 phishing templates in five languages aimed at 30 major organizations including PayPal, Facebook, and Netflix. It gave its entire infrastructure away for free, so the criminal capability it spread does not disappear with one administrator's arrest.

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