Prosecutor release
Justice Department Announces Actions to Disrupt Advanced Persistent Threat 28 Botnet of Infected Routers and Network Storage Devices
US DOJ / USAO WDPA, May 23, 2018. Establishes the court-authorized domain seizure and redirection used to disrupt VPNFilter..
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Published
- May 23, 2018
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 5
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- US DOJ / USAO WDPA
- Published
- May 23, 2018
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Establishes the court-authorized domain seizure and redirection used to disrupt VPNFilter.
- Dataset id
- src_doj_vpnfilter_2018
How this source is used
Cited 5 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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VPNFilter botnet disruptionPrimary source
State sponsored, May 2018
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, VPNFilter botnet disruption
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The Shadowserver FoundationPrimary source
Technical partner, VPNFilter botnet disruption
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United States Department of JusticePrimary source
Prosecuting, VPNFilter botnet disruption
Infrastructure
1 citation
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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toknowall[.]comPrimary source
Domain seized, VPNFilter botnet disruption