International agency release
Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem
Europol, May 30, 2024. Wave 1 infrastructure figures, initiating countries, arrests.
- Source type
- International agency release
- Published
- May 30, 2024
- Research grade
- P2
- Used in entries
- 8
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Europol
- Published
- May 30, 2024
- 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
- Wave 1 infrastructure figures, initiating countries, arrests
- Dataset id
- src_europol_endgame_2024
Research notes
- URL not re-verified in this pass.
How this source is used
Cited 8 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 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
2 citations
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Operation Endgame wave 1Primary source
Multi threat campaign, May 2024
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Operation EndgamePrimary source
Multi threat campaign, May 2024
Organization roles
4 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Gendarmerie nationalePrimary source
Co-lead, Operation Endgame wave 1
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Politie (Netherlands National Police)Primary source
Co-lead, Operation Endgame wave 1
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European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationPrimary source
Coordinator, Operation Endgame wave 1
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European Union Agency for Criminal Justice CooperationPrimary source
Judicial cooperation, Operation Endgame wave 1
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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more than 100 serversPrimary source
Servers disabled, Operation Endgame wave 1
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more than 2,000 domainsPrimary source
Domains seized, Operation Endgame wave 1