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A video of a raid released by Ukrainian law enforcement shows officers seizing computer equipment, cash, and rows of gold bars from alleged Emotet operators. PHOTOGRAPH: KRISTIAN BUUS/GETTY IMAGES
Europol announced today that a worldwide coalition of law enforcement agencies across the US, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Lithuania, and Ukraine had disrupted Emotet, what it called the "most dangerous malware in the world."
The global effort, known as Operation Ladybird, coordinated with private security researchers to disrupt and take over Emotet's command-and-control infrastructure—located in more than 90 countries, according to Ukrainian police—while simultaneously arresting at least two of the cybercriminal crew's Ukrainian members……
https://www.wired.com/story/emotet-botnet-takedown/