International agency release
Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown
Europol, February 11, 2025. Establishes the disruption of more than 100 servers connected to Phobos/8Base..
- Source type
- International agency release
- Published
- February 11, 2025
- Research grade
- P2
- Used in entries
- 4
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Europol
- Published
- February 11, 2025
- Source type
- International agency release
- Research grade
- Source grade P2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Establishes the disruption of more than 100 servers connected to Phobos/8Base.
- Dataset id
- src_europol_phobos_2025
How this source is used
Cited 4 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.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 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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Phobos/8Base ransomware disruptionPrimary source
Ransomware, February 2025
Organization roles
1 citation
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationPrimary source
Coordinator, Phobos/8Base ransomware disruption
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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more than 100 serversPrimary source
Servers disabled, Phobos/8Base ransomware disruption
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8Base data leak and negotiation sitePrimary source
Onion service seized, Phobos/8Base ransomware disruption