Police in Hong Kong and Interpol Discover Phishing Servers and Apps

In a crackdown on phishing syndicates that used 563 bogus mobile applications to spy on phones throughout the world and steal information from them, police in Hong Kong have taken down a local operation of an international group of fraudsters. 

Senior Superintendent Raymond Lam Cheuk-ho of the force’s cyber security and technology crime bureau told the News that officers tracked down 258 servers around the world that were connected to the apps. 

Last February, Interpol and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began an 11-month joint operation that was codenamed “Magic Flame.” 

As a result of this attack, there has been a rise in cybercrime across the world. As a result, some victims have lost their life savings as hackers gained access to their bank accounts and stole their personal information. 

Among those apps, Lam described were those planted with trojans and impersonating businesses like banks, financial institutions, media players, dating and camera apps, among others. 

Cybercriminals kept switching between different servers, some in Hong Kong and others elsewhere. The reason for this was to protect the city’s 192 servers

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