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Europol takedown of Ramnit botnet frees 3.2 million PCs from cybercriminals grasp

Europols European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has announced a victory in the never-ending battle against cybercrime. Europol led a takedown of the infrastructure of the Ramnit botnet that infected 3.2 million Windows computers. Ramnit is a strain of malicious software called a bot that the cybercriminals used to spy on PCs and steal information such as banking and social media passwords. No arrests have been announced, but a British-led investigation is ongoing. Despite Europol’s success, the victory is incomplete victims of Ramnit still have the malware on their PCs.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/27/europol-takedown-of-ramnit-botnet-frees-3-2-million-pcs-from-cybercriminals-grasp/

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