INTERPOL Report Finds Rising Cybercrime Across Asia and the South Pacific
Summary
INTERPOL’s 2025/2026 assessment reports widespread phishing, rising ransomware and AI-enabled scams across Asia and the South Pacific, alongside growing cybercrime losses and expanded regional law-enforcement cooperation.
Key points
- The assessment identifies phishing as the region’s most widespread and financially damaging cybercrime; a third of countries reported more than 10,000 cases from January 2024 through March 2025.
- INTERPOL estimates more than 135,000 ransomware-related attacks in the region in 2024, with real estate, manufacturing, and financial services widely affected.
- The report describes AI-enabled scams, including deepfake impersonation and romance-baiting, and scam centers linked to organized crime in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
- Banking trojans and information stealers, including RedLine, Lumma, LokiBot, Negasteal, and ZBot, were among the report’s identified regional threats.
- The assessment reports a 92% increase in DDoS attacks in 2024 and says system intrusions accounted for about 80% of data breaches.
- INTERPOL says regional law-enforcement agencies are expanding joint operations, collaborative investigations, training, and cyber-resilience policies.
Article Details
- Publisher
- INTERPOL
- Report Period
- 2025/2026
- Scope
- Cyberthreats across Asia and the South Pacific
- Key Statistics
- An estimated more than 135,000 ransomware-related attacks occurred in the region in 2024.
- INTERPOL reported $37 billion in regional cybercrime losses associated with deepfake-enabled romance-baiting scams.
- Monthly phishing-link clicks were 5.5 per 1,000 people in the region, compared with a global average of 2.9 per 1,000.
- Distributed denial-of-service attacks increased by 92% in 2024 compared with the previous year.
- Approximately 80% of data breaches in 2024 involved system intrusions.
- Recommendations
- Strengthen operational cooperation, information sharing, and cyber resilience.
- Coordinate law-enforcement operations against cybercriminal infrastructure and conduct collaborative investigations.
- Provide specialized training and develop policies to improve cyber resilience.
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Financial ServicesThe report highlights major losses from scam centers, deepfake-enabled fraud, and widespread attacks on sectors such as real estate, manufacturing, and financial services.ManufacturingThe report highlights major losses from scam centers, deepfake-enabled fraud, and widespread attacks on sectors such as real estate, manufacturing, and financial services.real estateThe report highlights major losses from scam centers, deepfake-enabled fraud, and widespread attacks on sectors such as real estate, manufacturing, and financial services.