OPERA1ER APT Hackers Targeted Dozens of Financial Organizations in Africa

A French-speaking threat actor dubbed OPERA1ER has been linked to a series of more than 30 successful cyber-attacks aimed at banks, financial services, and telecom companies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America between 2018 and 2022.

The attacks have resulted in thefts totaling USD 11 million, according to Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Group-IB, with actual damages estimated to be as high as USD 30 million. In the 2021 and 2021 attacks, five distinct banks in Burkina Faso, Benin, the Ivory Coast, and Senegal were targeted.

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According to reports, many of the identified victims had their infrastructure twice compromised before it was used as a weapon against other organizations.

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