Government release
Department of Justice Takes Action to Disable International Botnet
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
- P1
- Used in entries
- 6
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- US DOJ
- Published
- April 13, 2011
- Source type
- Government release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- Address
- https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/department-justice-takes-action-disable-international-botnet
- 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
How this source is used
Cited 6 times across 3 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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Coreflood botnet disruptionPrimary source
Malware and botnets, April 2011
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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United States Department of JusticePrimary source
Operational lead, Coreflood botnet disruption
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Co-lead, Coreflood botnet disruption
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United States Attorney's Office for the District of ConnecticutPrimary source
Prosecuting, Coreflood botnet disruption
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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29 domainsPrimary source
Domains seized, Coreflood botnet disruption
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5 command and control serversPrimary source
Command and control servers seized, Coreflood botnet disruption