The Emotet botnet has come to life spewing spam messages to countries around the globe. The spam campaign also hit the USA, targeting both individuals, business, and government entities. Researchers from email security corp Cofense Labs told us that they came from 3,362 different senders, whose credentials had been stolen. The payload appears to be a banking trojan turned malware dropper, as a secondary infection dropped by the botnet. For users infected with Trickbot, there is a good chance they may become infected with the Ryuk ransomware at a later date.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-revived-with-large-spam-campaigns-around-the-world/