From RCMP national headquarters
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)’s National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NC3), the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) are announcing enforcement actions against Canadian users of LabHost, a platform used to launch widespread phishing and cyber scams in Canada and around the world.
Since April 14, 2025, police forces from across the country executed 10 search warrants against identified users of the platform, and are conducting more than 118 enforcement actions against suspected offenders, which include fines, warning letters and in-person engagements. This operation, known as Project NOVA, is part of an international collaboration that brought together more than 30 domestic and international partners to disrupt criminal activity linked to LabHost.
The evidence collected to date suggests close to one million Canadians were directly impacted by LabHost. An extensive amount of personal information, including sensitive banking credentials, was stolen and trafficked by criminal users of the platform.
Prior to being disabled by law enforcement, LabHost was one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service providers, offering a range of illicit services for a monthly fee payable only by cryptocurrency. Cybercriminals impersonated more than 75 Canadian organizations – including major banks and government institutions – to defraud Canadians into giving up personal information and banking credentials.
While Project NOVA is a continuation of an international operation that effectively shut down LabHost’s infrastructure in April 2024, it marks the first action led by the RCMP’s NC3 against LabHost users here in Canada. Over the course the operation, the NC3 worked closely with organizations that were impersonated to trace the impact of phishing attacks and gather critical evidence.
If you are a victim, contact your local police immediately and report the incident to the CAFC using their Online Reporting System or by phone at 1-888-495-8501.
Investigations are still ongoing.
Full news release: Project NOVA: Canadian law enforcement continues disruption of criminal LabHost users | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Special thank you to the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre Team for providing this informative article to help keep our community members up to date and aware on these types of ongoing investigations.
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