Government release

# Bugat Botnet Administrator Arrested and Malware Disabled

United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, October 13, 2015. Establishes the Dridex disruption and the charge/arrest of Andrey Ghinkul in Cyprus..

**Source type:** Government release

**Published:** October 13, 2015

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 7

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

**Published:** October 13, 2015

**Source type:** Government release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bugat-botnet-administrator-arrested-and-malware-disabled](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bugat-botnet-administrator-arrested-and-malware-disabled)

**What it supports:** Establishes the Dridex disruption and the charge/arrest of Andrey Ghinkul in Cyprus.

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_dridex\_2015

How this source is used

Cited 7 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.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption)

Malware and botnets, October 2015

Primary source

### Organization roles

3 citations

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

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption)

Co-lead, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source
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[National Crime Agency](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption)

Co-lead, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption)

Prosecuting, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Andrey Ghinkul](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrey-ghinkul)

Charged, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source
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[Andrey Ghinkul](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrey-ghinkul)

Arrested, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[Command and control server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption)

Command and control server sinkholed, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source

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