International agency release # International action against 'Gameover Zeus' botnet and 'CryptoLocker' ransomware Europol, June 2, 2014. Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) acting as coordinator/supporter of the 30 May 2014 multi-national action against the Gameover Zeus botnet and CryptoLocker, in an operation led by the FBI.. **Source type:** International agency release **Published:** June 2, 2014 **Research grade:** P2 **Used in entries:** 1 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** Europol **Published:** June 2, 2014 **Source type:** International agency release **Research grade:** Source grade P2 **Language:** English **Official record:** Official publication **Address:** [https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-action-against-gameover-zeus-botnet-and-cryptolocker-ransomware](https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-action-against-gameover-zeus-botnet-and-cryptolocker-ransomware) **What it supports:** Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) acting as coordinator/supporter of the 30 May 2014 multi-national action against the Gameover Zeus botnet and CryptoLocker, in an operation led by the FBI. **Dataset id:** src\_ec3\_gameover\_zeus\_2014 ## Research notes - Operation date is Friday 30 May 2014; the Europol release was published 2 June 2014 (CMS 'published' timestamp 1401696000). Do not use 30 May as the publication date. - Read via the Europol CMS API: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/api/node?url=/media-press/newsroom/news/international-action-against-gameover-zeus-botnet-and-cryptolocker-ransomware - Tagged entity on the release: European Cybercrime Centre (EC3); articleType 'Press Release'. How this source is used Cited 1 time across 1 record type. 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 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Organization roles 1 citation Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown. - [European Cybercrime Centre](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar) Supporting, Operation Tovar Primary source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)