The US Department of Justice announced the seizure of 39 domains and affiliated servers driven by a Pakistan-based cybercrime group.
The websites run by a network known as Saim Raza, also referred to as Heart transmitter, were used to sell phishing sets and fraud-activating tools. These sites have been active since at least 2020 and targeted at companies and individuals across the globe.
The coordinated operation carried out in collaboration with the Dutch national police aimed to disrupt the activities of this international marketplace that have relieved cybercrime for years.
The group that offered services such as E -Mail extractors, scam pages and phishing tool sets targeted primarily victims in the United States, led to over $ 3 million in financial losses.
According to officials, Said Raza made these tools widely available and even provided instructional content, such as YouTube videos, to guide users on how to perform malicious schemes.
Resources were designed to bypass anti-spam software and help cyber criminals in their fraud operations, especially those involved in Business E-mail-Compromis (BEC) schemes. BEC-fraud typically involves tricking companies into sending payments to hacker-controlled accounts, resulting in significant financial damage.
The attack is a critical step in disturbing the global reach of these cyber criminal networks as it removes a key provider of tools used by transnational criminal groups and other malicious actors.
The Ministry of Justice, who worked with the FBI’s Houston Field Office, emphasized the importance of such international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime.
Officials praised the Netherlands for its significant help for the operation, which highlights the growing challenges of tackling phishing and other forms of cybercrime. The arrest of these online markets shows an escalating efforts of global law enforcement to limit the spread of cybercrime activities that utilize the digital ecosystem for profits.
The FBI continues to investigate the case, and the Ministry of Justice cooperates with international partners to track the full extent of the group’s operations and its influence.
