Government release
Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Disruption of Snake Malware Network Controlled by Russia's Federal Security Service
United States Department of Justice, May 9, 2023. PERSEUS tool, Rule 41 warrant in EDNY, self-overwrite mechanism, FSB Center 16 attribution.
- Source type
- Government release
- Published
- May 9, 2023
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 6
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States Department of Justice
- Published
- May 9, 2023
- Source type
- Government release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- 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
- PERSEUS tool, Rule 41 warrant in EDNY, self-overwrite mechanism, FSB Center 16 attribution
- Dataset id
- src_doj_snake_2023
Research notes
- URL not re-verified in this pass.
How this source is used
Cited 6 times across 4 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 20, 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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Operation MEDUSAPrimary source
State sponsored, May 2023
Organization roles
2 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, Operation MEDUSA
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United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New YorkPrimary source
Prosecuting, Operation MEDUSA
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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Malware installationPrimary source
Malware installation remediated, Operation MEDUSA
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Command and control serverPrimary source
Command and control server disabled, Operation MEDUSA
Later activity
1 citation
Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.
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No documented returnPrimary source
Relationship not established, Operation MEDUSA