International agency release
'Avalanche' network dismantled in international cyber operation
Europol, December 1, 2016. Domain, server, arrest, and search figures; participating organizations and roles.
- Source type
- International agency release
- Published
- December 1, 2016
- Research grade
- P2
- Used in entries
- 7
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Europol
- Published
- December 1, 2016
- Source type
- International agency release
- Research grade
- Source grade P2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- Address
- No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
- What it supports
- Domain, server, arrest, and search figures; participating organizations and roles
- Dataset id
- src_europol_avalanche_2016
Research notes
- URL not re-verified in this pass. A Verden prosecutor release is preferred as P1.
How this source is used
Cited 7 times across 4 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Avalanche network takedownPrimary source
Criminal hosting and proxies, November 2016
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Staatsanwaltschaft VerdenPrimary source
Operational lead, Avalanche network takedown
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European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationPrimary source
Coordinator, Avalanche network takedown
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European Union Agency for Criminal Justice CooperationPrimary source
Judicial cooperation, Avalanche network takedown
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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more than 800,000 domainsPrimary source
Domains sinkholed, Avalanche network takedown
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39 serversPrimary source
Servers seized, Avalanche network takedown
Later activity
1 citation
Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.
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No documented returnPrimary source
Relationship not established, Avalanche network takedown