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Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by the Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)

US DOJ, April 6, 2022. Establishes the court-authorized removal of GRU-linked malware from compromised C2 devices..

Source type
Government release
Published
April 6, 2022
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
5

Bibliographic record

Publisher
US DOJ
Published
April 6, 2022
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-disruption-botnet-controlled-russian-federation
What it supports
Establishes the court-authorized removal of GRU-linked malware from compromised C2 devices.
Dataset id
src_doj_cyclops_blink_2022

How this source is used

Cited 5 times across 3 record types.

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Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

3 citations

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Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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