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The cryptocurrency seizure and sanctions targeting the Prince Group, associates and affiliated businesses mark the most extensive action taken against cybercrime operations in the region to date.
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Operation Serengeti 2.0 dismantled almost 11,500 malicious infrastructures between June and August. Officials arrested more than 1,200 alleged cybercriminals.
The State Department also announced financial rewards totaling up to $6 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Garantex’s leaders.
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The hackers were allegedly involved in operations against Ukraine and a Russian on U.K. soil, the latter with malware tied to U.S. 2016 election interference.