International agency release
Notorious botnet infecting 2 million computers disrupted
Europol, December 5, 2013. Establishes the Europol/FBI/Microsoft coalition action against ZeroAccess..
- Source type
- International agency release
- Published
- December 5, 2013
- Research grade
- P2
- Used in entries
- 6
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Europol
- Published
- December 5, 2013
- Source type
- International agency release
- Research grade
- Source grade P2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Establishes the Europol/FBI/Microsoft coalition action against ZeroAccess.
- Dataset id
- src_europol_zeroaccess_2013
Research notes
- No exact URL for this original source stub was recovered in the audit. The linked replacement source(s) support the material claim; no URL was invented.
How this source is used
Cited 6 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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ZeroAccess botnet disruptionPrimary source
Malware and botnets, December 2013
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationPrimary source
Coordinator, ZeroAccess botnet disruption
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Supporting, ZeroAccess botnet disruption
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Microsoft Digital Crimes UnitPrimary source
Co-lead, ZeroAccess botnet disruption
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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18 IP addressesPrimary source
Ip addresses blocked, ZeroAccess botnet disruption
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ServerPrimary source
Server seized, ZeroAccess botnet disruption