Four arrested in sprawling European sting

30/5/2024 17:29

        Four people have been arrested and more than 100 internet servers taken down or disrupted in an internationally coordinated operation targeting the cyber infrastructure used for malware.
        
        Carried out between May 27 and 29, Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, called it "the largest ever operation against botnets, which play a major role in the deployment of ransomware".
        
        The agency added, dismantled botnets included botnets IcedID, Smokeloader, SystemBC, Pikabot and Bumblebee.
        
        Europol said in a statement, the sting, dubbed Operation Endgame, was initiated and led by France, Germany and the Netherlands. It involved several other countries, including Britain, the United States and Ukraine.