Ramnit Botnet Shut Down

HardOCP News · Feb 27, 2015

Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, with help from various countries, Microsoft and Symantec, shut down the Ramnit botnet's command and control servers.

On 24 February, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) coordinated a joint international operation from its operational centre in The Hague, which targeted the Ramnit botnet that had infected 3.2　million computers all around the world. The operation involved investigators from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom – who led the operation – along with partners from　private industry.

the-one1 · Feb 27, 2015

One down, a few thousand to go. At this rate the internet should be clean by the time the machines rise up.

Phoenix333 · Feb 27, 2015

the-one1 said:
One down, a few thousand to go. At this rate the internet should be clean by the time the machines rise up.

I'll celebrate any victory over scumbag botnet admins, no matter how small.

CreepyUncleGoogle · Feb 27, 2015

Microsoft and Symantec working together? Now that their employees are working together, maybe they can get around to making OSes and security suites that don't break each other.

XViper · Feb 27, 2015

the-one1 said:
One down, a few thousand to go. At this rate the internet should be clean by the time the machines rise up.

I agree. Except that when one goes down, 3 more pop up.

Ramnit Botnet Shut Down

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