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Coreflood botnet disruption case history

US DOJ, April 13, 2011. Establishes the civil/criminal seizure of Coreflood command infrastructure and use of a TRO/injunction to disable the botnet..

Source type
Government release
Published
April 13, 2011
Research grade
S2
Used in entries
3

Bibliographic record

Publisher
US DOJ
Published
April 13, 2011
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade S2
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
Establishes the civil/criminal seizure of Coreflood command infrastructure and use of a TRO/injunction to disable the botnet.
Dataset id
src_doj_coreflood_2011

Research notes

  • Not independently re-verified; pulled from aggregation-pass reporting. Retrieve and cite the underlying D. Conn. docket before publication.

How this source is used

Cited 3 times across 2 record types.

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Organization roles

2 citations

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

Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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