Seen at The Stack:
Europol, the DoJ and other law enforcement agencies “neutralized” a swathe of malware strains this week, which they said was a “direct blow to the ransomware kill chain.”
The actions were part of the ongoing Operation Endgame which targeted a series of botnets just over a year ago.
But it’s worth remembering that the latest actions were largely focused on “malware variants and success groups” that sprang up after last year’s operation.
The Eurocops said in a statement that together with Eurojust, it had coordinated actions that had “dismantled key infrastructure behind the malware used to launch ransomware attacks” since the beginning of the week
This had involved taking down 300 servers worldwide, spiking 650 domains and issuing international arrest warrants against 20 targets. The authorities also seized €3.5 million of cryptocurrency. That raises the total pot seized by the operation to €21.5 million.
Read more at The Stack.
