Interpol’s affiliate, Afripol — a union of African law enforcement agencies — has arrested more than a thousand suspected cybercriminals of various stripes in a continent-wide dragnet. Nate Allen, an associate professor at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, explains what happened and what this means for online security.
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