News report

# FBI Takes Control of APT28's VPNFilter Botnet

BleepingComputer, May 24, 2018. The identifier of the VPNFilter command-and-control domain seized by the FBI under court order: toknowall.com..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** May 24, 2018

**Research grade:** S1

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** BleepingComputer

**Published:** May 24, 2018

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-takes-control-of-apt28s-vpnfilter-botnet/](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-takes-control-of-apt28s-vpnfilter-botnet/)

**What it supports:** The identifier of the VPNFilter command-and-control domain seized by the FBI under court order: toknowall.com.

**Dataset id:** src\_bleepingcomputer\_vpnfilter\_toknowall\_2018

## Research notes

- By Catalin Cimpanu.

How this source is used

Cited 1 time across 1 record type.

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## Cited by

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[toknowall[.]com](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/vpnfilter-botnet-disruption)

Domain seized, VPNFilter botnet disruption

Technical evidence

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