Task Force Triumphs in Shutting Down Six Notorious Malware Droppers

This is the biggest-ever international operation against ransomware, coordinated by the justice and police agencies of the European Union. Police have taken down computer networks that spread ransomware via infected emails in what is described as the largest international operation. Eurojust, an EU-wide judicial cooperation agency, announced on Thursday that four suspects of high value were arrested, 100 servers were taken down, and more than 2,000 internet domains were seized. There has been an international crackdown on six malware droppers, which are malicious programs that play an important role in hacking campaigns. 

Europol, which led the task force, announced today that it has disrupted the infrastructure behind these programs. In the takedown, hundreds of law enforcement officers from Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States were involved. This was the largest-ever botnet takedown according to Europol. 

The Europol-led international law enforcement operation began with the announcement of numerous arrests, searches, seizures and takedowns of malware droppers as well as their operators following several arrests, searches, seizures and takedowns. In the early days of Operation Endgame, the EU task force coordinated with its US and UK law enforcement partners to disrupt the operations of malware droppers such as IcedID, Bumblebee, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader, and Trickbot as well as

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