Global "Operation Endgame" disrupts two major cybercrime tools, seizing millions of credentials and crypto assets
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Dan Goodin
Summary
Microsoft, Europol, and law enforcement agencies conducted a coordinated global operation ("Operation Endgame") that simultaneously disrupted two major cybercrime tools by treating them as part of a single organized crime conspiracy under RICO statutes. The operation took down over 200 command-and-control servers, severed control of more than 18,000 infected computers, recovered 27 million stolen login credentials, and uncovered $47 million in criminal crypto assets.
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bskyGlobal "Operation Endgame" disrupts two major cybercrime tools, seizing millions of credentials and crypto assetsarstechnica.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledWith evidence that the tools had overlapping infrastructure, company attorneys invoked RICO statutes that target organized crime; the legal action was then able to treat both tools as part of a single conspiracy.
Microsoft said, it disrupted more than 200 command-and-control servers and severed criminal control of more than 18,000 infected computers.
Europol, which helped coordinate the law-enforcement part of the operation, said it recovered as many as 27 million stolen login credentials and uncovered $47 million worth of 'crypto assets of criminal origin.'
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