Taking the Emotet botnet away from cybercriminals and into the hands of law enforcement
Today, law enforcement agencies from around the world successfully wrested control of the Emotet botnet away from its operators. They also took new unprecedented steps to help possible Emotet victims. These steps hopefully bring to a close the story of one of the most adaptable and prolific attack groups out there.
In one of the largest and most effective global takedown operations yet, police agencies from Canada, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, took control of Emotet’s servers. This put them in control of the botnet also giving them the data the Emotet group has compiled on their victims.
Further reading:How Emotet returned to the scene
To help those who have been affected by Emotet, law enforcement is using their newly-gained control of the Emotet infrastructure and data to its fullest.
First, the Dutch police say (via Google Translate), ”A software update is placed on the Dutch central servers for all infected computer systems. All infected computer systems will automatically retrieve the update there, after which the Emotet infection will be quarantined”. This will hopefully eliminate any malware that the Em ..
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