Government release
U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against 'Gameover Zeus' Botnet and 'Cryptolocker' Ransomware, Charges Botnet Administrator
United States Department of Justice, June 2, 2014. Disruption technique, Bogachev indictment, infection and loss estimates, partner roster.
- Source type
- Government release
- Published
- June 2, 2014
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 9
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States Department of Justice
- Published
- June 2, 2014
- 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
- Disruption technique, Bogachev indictment, infection and loss estimates, partner roster
- Dataset id
- src_doj_gameover_zeus_2014
Research notes
- URL not re-verified in this pass.
How this source is used
Cited 9 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 TovarPrimary source
Malware and botnets, May 2014
Organization roles
4 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, Operation Tovar
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United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of PennsylvaniaPrimary source
Charging, Operation Tovar
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CrowdStrikePrimary source
Technical partner, Operation Tovar
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The Shadowserver FoundationPrimary source
Technical partner, Operation Tovar
Legal actions against people
2 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Evgeniy Mikhailovich BogachevPrimary source
Charged, Operation Tovar
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Evgeniy Mikhailovich BogachevPrimary source
Publicly wanted, Operation Tovar
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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DomainPrimary source
Domain sinkholed, Operation Tovar
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approximately 500,000 malware installationsPrimary source
Malware installations sinkholed, Operation Tovar