The Good | Operation Synergia III Disrupts Malicious Networks & the EU Sanctions State-Sponsored Attackers
Operation Synergia III, an Interpol-led crackdown spanning July 2025 to January 2026, has disrupted global cybercrime infrastructure across the globe. Authorities across 72 countries sinkholed 45,000 malicious IP addresses and seized 212 devices and servers, resulting in 94 arrests and 110 on...
The escalating series of cyberattacks reveals a troubling trend: the fragmentation of threat actor networks and the increasing reliance on adaptable, sophisticated tools. Operation Synergia III represents a tactical success—disrupting a sprawling network—but it’s a symptom of a deeper problem: cybercrime is evolving into a highly organized, almost corporate, undertaking, facilitated by cross-border collaboration and readily available exploit chains like DarkSword. The parallel exploitation of th...
