THE HAGUE: A coordinated international operation this week disrupted some of the world’s “most dangerous malware” and led to the issuance of 20 arrest warrants, the EU anti-crime bodies Europol and Eurojust said today.
Authorities took down more than 300 servers, neutralised 650 domains and seized €3.5 million in cryptocurrency, they said.
The software taken down, known as “initial access malware”, is used “for initial infection, helping cybercriminals to enter victims’ systems unnoticed and load more malware onto their devices, such as ransomware”, they said.
The crackdown – involving authorities from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and the US – is a continuation of Operation Endgame, the largest-ever police operation against botnets.