Operation Falcon II: Unit 42 Helps INTERPOL Identify Nigerian Business Email Compromise Ring Members
Summary: INTERPOL and The Nigeria Police Force announced the arrest of 11 Nigerian business email compromise actors under Operation Falcon II, drawing on intelligence from industry partners and law enforcement in more than six nations. Unit 42 tracks six of the 11 as SilverTerrier actors, and the operation targeted the malware and domain infrastructure builders rather than money mules or influencers.
Key Takeaway: BEC has held the top spot on the FBI IC3 report for five years running, with global losses rising from $360 million in 2016 to $1.8 billion in 2020 - and one arrested actor had already been arrested in 2018 under the FBI's Operation WireWire before returning to the same schemes.
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