International law enforcement effort pulls off Emotet botnet takedown - Help Net Security

International law enforcement effort pulls off Emotet botnet takedown - Help Net Security

Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have effected a global takedown of the Emotet botnet, Europol announced today.



“The Emotet infrastructure essentially acted as a primary door opener for computer systems on a global scale. Once this unauthorised access was established, these were sold to other top-level criminal groups to deploy further illicit activities such data theft and extortion through ransomware. Investigators have now taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action,” they explained.


The Emotet takedown


The Emotet takedown has included Europol, Eurojust, and authorities in the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Lithuania, Canada and Ukraine.


“The criminal organization behind Emotet distributed the malware through an extensive and complex network of hundreds of servers. Some servers were used to keep a grip on already infected victims and to resell data, others to create ..

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