International law enforcement effort pulls off Emotet botnet takedown | DDoSInfo – Information about DDoS and Denial of Service Attacks

Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have effected a global takedown of the Emotet botnet, Europol announced today. “The Emotet infrastructure essentially acted as a primary door opener for computer systems on a global scale. Once this unauthorised access was established, these were sold to other top-level criminal groups to deploy further illicit activities such data theft and extortion through ransomware. Investigators have now taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action,” they … More ? The post International law enforcement effort pulls off Emotet botnet takedown appeared first on Help Net Security .