Dutch police shut down 143 Bredolab botnet control servers on 25 October 2010. Botnet comprised of approximately 30 million computers located in countries all over the world. The technologies behind the botnet remain and can, unfortunately, still be used to create new botnets. The Dutch police say it is possible that this may be the end of the Botnet, but the technologies behind it remain. The software that shaped the foundation of this botnet appeared in mid-2009 and operated automatically.”]
Source: https://securelist.com/end-of-the-line-for-the-bredolab-botnet/36335/