- Indian police made raids in 19 locations to attack the scammers
- Six people were arrested and numerous teams seized
- The operation attacked major Japanese victims
The application of the Indian and Japanese law, with the help of the Microsoft Digital Crime Unit (DCU), has eliminated an important network of financial fraud and arrested six people suspected of performing the entire operation.
The Central Research Office of India (CBI) recently made raids in 19 locations throughout the country and dismantled a large network that includes technical support schemes.
The network was mainly addressed to older adults in Japan (60 years or older) and included two illegal call centers. In addition to the arrests, digital and physical infrastructure was seized, including computers, storage devices, digital video recorders and phones.
Chakra v
The fight began with the Cybernetic Ciberninities Control Center in Japan (JC3), a Japanese non -profit organization dedicated to combating cybercrime, which identified the cybercriminal operation that is made by Microsoft, marking the technological giant.
The operation, known as Chakra V, was large and well organized, points out the report: revolved around the false emerging windows that cheated people to think that their computers were broken and provided a phone number to “call Microsoft” and have the problems solved.
However, the calls were actually being made towards the scammers, who would deceive the victims to install remote or malware desktop software, and use it to steal confidential files and money.
The operation included emerging creators, search engine optimizers, lead generators, logistics and technology suppliers, guidelines and talent suppliers.
Microsoft also said that GEN AI’s introduction caused the operation scale to be infinitely easier and, therefore, more dangerous.
“These actors used a generative AI to climb their operations, even to identify the possible victims, automate the creation of malicious pop windows and perform language translations to attack Japanese victims,” Microsoft explained.
“This activity highlights the increasingly sophisticated tactics used by cybercriminals and underlines the importance of proactive global collaboration to protect victims.”
