The number of victims, who came from more than 30 countries – mainly Europe and the US – has been in the hundreds of thousands since the end of 2024, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Central Office for Internet Crime (ZIT) based at the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor General's Office. The operation also prevented attacks on hundreds of thousands of potential victims worldwide.
According to the authorities, the developer and technical administrator of the phishing service named “Kratos” was arrested in Indonesia by local law enforcement. In addition, central technical components were shut down and the “Kratos” infrastructure was completely taken offline.
Carsten Meywirth, head of the Cybercrime Division at the BKA, emphasized: “Anyone who steals login credentials on the internet using fake websites should not feel safe. The success against the phishing kit Kratos shows that even highly professional phishing infrastructures can be effectively combated. This is pioneering work and a clear signal to other cyber actors.”
Source: www.heise.de
