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# INTERPOL Operation Secure

June 2025, Malware and botnets
Led by [International Criminal Police Organization](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/international-criminal-police-organization)

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

More than 20,000 malicious IPs/domains taken down; 41 servers seized.

[See what happened](#what-happened)

What happened to the people?

Officials reported 32 apprehended.
Group accounted for: Partial

[See people and accountability](#people)

Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

[See what happened afterward](#afterward)

## What happened

INTERPOL's Operation Secure reported more than 20,000 malicious IPs/domains taken down, 41 servers seized, and 32 arrests across a 26-country infostealer crackdown.

**Date:** June 2025

**Target:** Infostealer malware infrastructure (26-country action), infostealer malware

**Activity:** Malware and botnets

**Operational lead:** INTERPOL

**Jurisdiction:** Not established

**Outcome:** More than 20,000 malicious IPs/domains taken down; 41 servers seized.

**Status:** Completed

**Legal mechanism:** Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority across 26 countries.

**Group accounted for:** Partial

## People and accountability

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Partial

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

[See the organizations and roles behind this action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/interpol-operation-secure/organizations)

## What happened afterward

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

## Sources

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

### Official sources

1.
[Operation Secure: INTERPOL-coordinated action takes down 20,000+ malicious IPs and domains](https://takedownindex.org/sources/interpol-operation-secure-interpol-coordinated-action-takes-down-20-000-maliciou)

INTERPOL, June 11, 2025, Source grade P2

Establishes the 26-country scope, 20,000+ IP/domain figure, 41 servers seized, and 32 arrests.

No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source\_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.

Research context

## How this entry was checked

This entry came from a broader aggregation pass and has not been independently verified source by source. Its sources are graded no higher than P2 or S2, and most carry no address yet. Treat the figures as a research lead rather than a settled record.

Source review: Extended pass, not yet verified

Sources cited: 1

Research cutoff: August 20, 2026

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

See also

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