News report

# Polymorphic Beebone botnet sinkholed in international police operation

Help Net Security, April 9, 2015. The separation of announcement date from action date for the Beebone operation: coverage published 9 April 2015 describing an operation that took place on 8 April 2015..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** April 9, 2015

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Help Net Security

**Published:** April 9, 2015

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2015/04/09/polymorphic-beebone-botnet-sinkholed-in-international-police-operation/](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2015/04/09/polymorphic-beebone-botnet-sinkholed-in-international-police-operation/)

**What it supports:** The separation of announcement date from action date for the Beebone operation: coverage published 9 April 2015 describing an operation that took place on 8 April 2015.

**Dataset id:** src\_helpnetsecurity\_beebone\_sinkhole\_2015

## Research notes

- Page metadata gives 2015-04-09T05:01:14+02:00.

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[Operation Source / Beebone botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-source-beebone-botnet-disruption)

Malware and botnets, April 2015

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