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U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against “Gameover Zeus” Botnet and “Cryptolocker” Ransomware, Charges Botnet Administrator

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, June 2, 2014. That Dell SecureWorks was a private technical partner on the Gameover Zeus / CryptoLocker operation - DOJ credits it with 'invaluable technical assistance' alongside CrowdStrike, and separately names it as an assisting company on the CryptoLocker action..

Source type
Government release
Published
June 2, 2014
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
3

Bibliographic record

Publisher
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
Published
June 2, 2014
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-leads-multi-national-action-against-gameover-zeus-botnet-and-cryptolocker-ransomware
What it supports
That Dell SecureWorks was a private technical partner on the Gameover Zeus / CryptoLocker operation - DOJ credits it with 'invaluable technical assistance' alongside CrowdStrike, and separately names it as an assisting company on the CryptoLocker action.
Dataset id
src_justicegov_opa_gameover_zeus

Research notes

  • Read via a Wayback capture of 2026-08-18; justice.gov blocks plain HTML fetching.
  • Release dated Monday, June 2, 2014; the operation itself ran from 30 May 2014.

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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