Police arrested four people and took down 100 servers across Europe and North America in what Europol said was the biggest sweep against malware ever conducted.

Police arrested four people and took down 100 servers across Europe and North America in a major sweep against malware, Europol said.

The European Union’s law enforcement agency also said over 2,000 domains were now under the control of law enforcement.

Operation Endgame, which was carried out between May 27 and 29, was “the largest ever operation against botnets, which play a major role in the deployment of ransomware,” Europol said.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    5 months ago

    Three Ukrainian nationals and one Armenian were arrested, with ten more international arrest warrants also issued.

    I’m guessing those “three Ukrainian nationals” have a lot more loyalty to Russia than their homeland. And I’m guessing I know where at least some of those other ten are located.