Law enforcement release
Citadel botnet disruption announcement
FBI Cyber Division, June 5, 2013. Establishes FBI coordination with Microsoft's civil action against Citadel infrastructure..
- Source type
- Law enforcement release
- Published
- June 5, 2013
- Research grade
- S2
- Used in entries
- 3
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- FBI Cyber Division
- Published
- June 5, 2013
- Source type
- Law enforcement release
- Research grade
- Source grade S2
- 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
- Establishes FBI coordination with Microsoft's civil action against Citadel infrastructure.
- Dataset id
- src_fbi_citadel_2013
Research notes
- Not independently re-verified in this pass.
How this source is used
Cited 3 times across 2 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
Organization roles
2 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, Citadel botnet disruption
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Microsoft Digital Crimes UnitPrimary source
Technical partner, Citadel botnet disruption
Infrastructure
1 citation
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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DomainPrimary source
Domain seized, Citadel botnet disruption