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Emotet Malware Taken Down By Global Law Enforcement Effort, Cleanup Patch Pushed to 1.6 Million Infected Devices

The Emotet botnet, widely considered to be the most dangerous of its type in the world, has been dissolved as of April 25. An international law enforcement campaign that began in 2020 culminated in the infiltration and control of the botnets infrastructure. The effort included law enforcement agencies from at least nine countries including Europol, the United States FBI, the UK’s National Crime Agency, and the Dutch National Police. It appears to have stemmed from a raid by police in the Ukraine, in which physical assets belonging to suspects associated with running the network were seized.”]

Source: https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/emotet-malware-taken-down-by-global-law-enforcement-effort-cleanup-patch-pushed-to-1-6-million-infected-devices/

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