S2W said on the 17th that it took part in Operation Synergia III, an Interpol-led international joint operation to eradicate cybercrime such as phishing, malware, and ransomware.
S2W said it contributed to blocking malicious infrastructure and to the arrest and investigation of those involved by providing intelligence based on its own platform through the operation.
The operation, which ran for about six months starting in July last year, involved law enforcement agencies from 72 countries and regions worldwide. Interpol turned the collected data into actionable intelligence to support cross-border cooperation, and investigative authorities in each country jointly carried out actions such as searching crime hubs and blocking malicious cyber activities. As a result, more than 45,000 malicious internet protocol (IP) addresses and servers were taken down, 94 people were arrested, and 110 were placed under investigation.
S2W is participating as a domestic partner in Interpol's global public-private partnership program, the Gateway Initiative, and supported the operation by using the security artificial intelligence (AI) platform XAVIS for public and government agencies. Based on information collected from the dark web, Telegram, and virtual asset networks, it linked and analyzed leads to produce intelligence, contributing to cybercrime tracking and the identification of malicious servers.
Neil Jetten, head of Interpol's cybercrime directorate, said, "At a time when cybercrime is showing sophisticated and destructive patterns, this operation demonstrated that international cooperation can be effective in the investigative process."
Suh Sang-duk, CEO of S2W, said, "This operation is a case that shows public-private cooperation can help curb the spread of cybercrime," adding, "We will continue to respond to security threats through cooperative frameworks with Interpol and the international community."