Police say they have disrupted the long-running Andromeda botnet, aka Gamarue, which has been tied to a massive number of malware attacks. An international police operation resulted in the seizure of servers and domains used to spread and control Andromeda malware as well as the arrest of an unnamed individual in Belarus who’s been accused of being tied to the botnet. Some security researchers believe the individual is the veteran cybercriminal called “Ar3s,” aka “the Belarusian” Police in Belarus say they worked with the FBI on the investigation and that undercover FBI agents purchased software from the defendant.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/researchers-andromeda-bust-collared-cybercrime-mastermind-a-10515