Participating company report

# Shadowserver Foundation account of the Avalanche sinkhole operation

The Shadowserver Foundation, December 1, 2016. Sinkhole operation and long-running victim notification.

**Source type:** Participating company report

**Published:** December 1, 2016

**Research grade:** T1

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** The Shadowserver Foundation

**Published:** December 1, 2016

**Source type:** Participating company report

**Research grade:** Source grade T1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an 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:** Sinkhole operation and long-running victim notification

**Dataset id:** src\_shadowserver\_avalanche\_2016

## Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 2 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

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Avalanche network takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Criminal hosting and proxies, November 2016

Supporting source

### Organization roles

1 citation

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

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[The Shadowserver Foundation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Technical partner, Avalanche network takedown

Technical evidence

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