The third edition of Operation Serengeti took place from June 29 to August 31, 2026. In the law enforcement action, INTERPOL brought together its private partners, including Kaspersky, and investigators from 20 African countries* and the United States.
Serengeti III focused on neutralizing such threats as cyber-enabled fraud, ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), online scams and digital extortion and identified nearly 66,000 victims targeted by detected cybercriminal networks. The financial losses caused by this criminal activity were estimated by financial investigators at US$385 million.
To help law enforcement authorities identify targets, map criminal networks and support investigative activities, in the run-up to the operation, Kaspersky Threat Research expertise center provided critical threat intelligence and technical analysis of the threats investigated. Kaspersky experts provided data on network infrastructure used in botnet and DDoS attacks as well as information on phishing and malicious URLs targeting African users.
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Source: Kaspersky
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