Interpol recently announced that it arrested 260 cybercrime suspects across 14 African countries in an operation dubbed Operation Contender 3.0 that targeted criminal networks involved in global romance scams and sextortion schemes.

According to Interpol, the operation dismantled 81 cybercrime infrastructure networks across Africa, with the seizure of USB drives, SIM cards, and forged documents

I was talking to a client today about a security incident and the discussion turned to how threat actors are using increasingly more sophisticated ways to attack individuals and companies. She lamented that we know more than the average individual about how they implement attacks, but she worries about her mother, who is frequently online.