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Law enforcement release

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Seven Individuals for Engineering Sophisticated Internet Fraud Scheme That Infected Millions of Computers Worldwide and Manipulated Internet Advertising Business

FBI / USAO SDNY, November 9, 2011. Establishes the DNSChanger seizure, substitute-DNS remediation, and the six-defendant indictment..

Source type
Law enforcement release
Published
November 9, 2011
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
21

Bibliographic record

Publisher
FBI / USAO SDNY
Published
November 9, 2011
Source type
Law enforcement release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2011/manhattan-u.s.-attorney-charges-seven-individuals-for-engineering-sophisticated-internet-fraud-scheme-that-infected-millions-of-computers-worldwide-and-manipulated-internet-advertising-business
What it supports
Establishes the DNSChanger seizure, substitute-DNS remediation, and the six-defendant indictment.
Dataset id
src_fbi_dnschanger_2011

How this source is used

Cited 21 times across 4 record types.

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1 citation

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4 citations

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Legal actions against people

14 citations

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Infrastructure

2 citations

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  • Server

    Server seized, Operation Ghost Click

    Primary source
  • Bank account

    Bank account frozen, Operation Ghost Click

    Primary source
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