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# Taking Down Botnets: Microsoft and the Rustock Botnet

The Official Microsoft Blog, March 17, 2011.

**Source type:** Other

**Published:** March 17, 2011

**Research grade:** T1

**Used in entries:** 6

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** The Official Microsoft Blog

**Published:** March 17, 2011

**Source type:** Other

**Research grade:** Source grade T1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140710100518/http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft\_blog/archive/2011/03/17/taking-down-botnets-microsoft-and-the-rustock-botnet.aspx](https://web.archive.org/web/20140710100518/http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2011/03/17/taking-down-botnets-microsoft-and-the-rustock-botnet.aspx)

**What it supports:** Supporting detail not recorded.

**Dataset id:** src\_microsoft\_rustock\_2011

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.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Rustock botnet takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rustock-botnet-takedown)

Malware and botnets, March 2011

Primary source

### Organization roles

3 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rustock-botnet-takedown)

Operational lead, Rustock botnet takedown

Primary source
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[United States Marshals Service](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rustock-botnet-takedown)

Infrastructure seizure, Rustock botnet takedown

Primary source
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[National High Tech Crime Unit](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rustock-botnet-takedown)

Foreign partner, Rustock botnet takedown

Primary source

### Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[Command and control server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rustock-botnet-takedown)

Command and control server seized, Rustock botnet takedown

Primary source
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[Command and control server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rustock-botnet-takedown)

Command and control server disabled, Rustock botnet takedown

Primary source

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