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Interpol announced today the results of Operation Goldfish Alpha, a six-month effort to secure hacked routers across the Southeast Asia region.
In a press conference held today in Singapore, the international law enforcement agency said its efforts resulted in a drop of cryptojacking operations across Southeast Asia by 78%, compared to levels recorded in June 2019.
Interpol said the operation got underway after learning in June more than 20,000 MikroTik routers had been hacked, and crooks were using them to mine cryptocurrency.
Over the following months, Interpol said it worked closely with the private cyber-security sector and members of national police and Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) teams from ten local countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
Private sector partners included the Cyber Defense Institute and Trend Micro. The two companies supported…
