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# 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

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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.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Operation Tovar](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar)

Malware and botnets, May 2014

Primary source

### Organization roles

4 citations

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

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar)

Operational lead, Operation Tovar

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

Charging, Operation Tovar

Primary source
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[CrowdStrike](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar)

Technical partner, Operation Tovar

Primary source
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[The Shadowserver Foundation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar)

Technical partner, Operation Tovar

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev](https://takedownindex.org/people/evgeniy-mikhailovich-bogachev)

Charged, Operation Tovar

Primary source
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[Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev](https://takedownindex.org/people/evgeniy-mikhailovich-bogachev)

Publicly wanted, Operation Tovar

Primary source

### Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[Domain](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar)

Domain sinkholed, Operation Tovar

Primary source
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[approximately 500,000 malware installations](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tovar)

Malware installations sinkholed, Operation Tovar

Primary source

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