Octopus — Campaign Analysis & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
2
occurrences
First Seen
December 18, 2025
Last Seen
April 22, 2026

Octopus is a threat campaign tracked across 2 threat clusters and 2 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed December 18, 2025; most recent activity April 22, 2026.

Overview

Octopus is a threat campaign tied to fraudulent call centres operating from Ukraine, linked to a €10 million scam network that EU authorities recently dismantled. The operation demonstrates organized, large-scale social-engineering fraud conducted via call-center infrastructure, illustrating a significant cross-border financial crime vector in cyberspace.

Related Threat Clusters

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • T1005 — attack.mitre.org · April 22, 2026
  • EU Authorities Dismantle Fraudulent Call Centres in Ukraine Behind €10M Scam Network — Thecyberexpress · December 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown