International agency release
Botnet taken down through international law enforcement cooperation
Europol, February 25, 2015. Establishes the Europol-coordinated Ramnit infrastructure disruption and the 3.2 million infection estimate..
- Source type
- International agency release
- Published
- February 25, 2015
- Research grade
- P2
- Used in entries
- 5
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Europol
- Published
- February 25, 2015
- Source type
- International agency release
- Research grade
- Source grade P2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Establishes the Europol-coordinated Ramnit infrastructure disruption and the 3.2 million infection estimate.
- Dataset id
- src_europol_ramnit_2015
How this source is used
Cited 5 times across 3 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.
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Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Ramnit botnet disruptionPrimary source
Malware and botnets, February 2015
Organization roles
2 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationPrimary source
Coordinator, Ramnit botnet disruption
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National Crime AgencyPrimary source
Operational lead, Ramnit botnet disruption
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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300 domainsPrimary source
Domains redirected, Ramnit botnet disruption
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Command and control serverPrimary source
Command and control server disabled, Ramnit botnet disruption