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The Internet Takedown Index is built from law enforcement releases, prosecutor and court records, government and agency publications, company reports, and news coverage. Every entry in the index traces back to one of the documents listed here.

152 sources indexed Cited 575 times across the index

137 official documents Government, prosecutor, court, and agency records

Research cutoff August 20, 2026

4 of the 152 sources carry a recorded web address. The rest give publisher, title, and date so the document can be retrieved from the publisher.

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Source	Type	Description	Publisher	Quality The research grade carried in the source dataset. P grades are primary official records, S grades are secondary official material, T grades are third party reporting.	Used in entries
Ramnit botnet disruption announcement	International agency release	Establishes the Europol-coordinated Ramnit infrastructure disruption and the 3.2 million infection estimate.	Europol	P2	1
Global action against dark markets on Tor network	International agency release	European component of Operation Onymous, arrest and server figures	Europol	P2	5
Operator Of Silk Road 2.0 Website Charged In Manhattan Federal Court	Prosecutor release	Silk Road 2.0 seizure, Benthall arrest and charges, seizure of additional dark markets	United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York	P1	7
NCA statement on Operation Tovar	Law enforcement release	UK role and victim notification window	National Crime Agency	P2	3
U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against 'Gameover Zeus' Botnet and 'Cryptolocker' Ransomware, Charges Botnet Administrator	Government release	Disruption technique, Bogachev indictment, infection and loss estimates, partner roster	United States Department of Justice	P1	9
ZeroAccess botnet disruption announcement	International agency release	Establishes the Europol/FBI/Microsoft coalition action against ZeroAccess.	Europol	P2	3
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of Silk Road Website	Prosecutor release	Silk Road seizure, Ulbricht arrest and charges, Bitcoin seizure	United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York	P1	10
Citadel botnet disruption announcement	Law enforcement release	Establishes FBI coordination with Microsoft's civil action against Citadel infrastructure.	FBI Cyber Division	S2	3
Megaupload indictment and seizure announcement	Prosecutor release	Establishes the 18-domain seizure, the seven-defendant indictment, and coordinated New Zealand arrests.	US DOJ / USAO EDVA	S2	9
Operation Ghost Click / DNSChanger case announcement	Law enforcement release	Establishes the DNSChanger seizure, substitute-DNS remediation, and the six-defendant indictment.	FBI / USAO SDNY	S2	3
Coreflood botnet disruption case history	Government release	Establishes the civil/criminal seizure of Coreflood command infrastructure and use of a TRO/injunction to disable the botnet.	US DOJ	S2	3
Operation In Our Sites launched against piracy websites	Law enforcement release	Establishes the initial nine-domain seizure and the program's growth to 761 domains by 2012.	US ICE HSI / National IPR Center	S2	2

Ramnit botnet disruption announcement
Europol, February 24, 2015

Establishes the Europol-coordinated Ramnit infrastructure disruption and the 3.2 million infection estimate.

International agency release P2 Used in 1 entry
Global action against dark markets on Tor network
Europol, November 7, 2014

European component of Operation Onymous, arrest and server figures

International agency release P2 Used in 5 entries
Operator Of Silk Road 2.0 Website Charged In Manhattan Federal Court
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, November 6, 2014

Silk Road 2.0 seizure, Benthall arrest and charges, seizure of additional dark markets

Prosecutor release P1 Used in 7 entries
NCA statement on Operation Tovar
National Crime Agency, June 2, 2014

UK role and victim notification window

Law enforcement release P2 Used in 3 entries
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

Government release P1 Used in 9 entries
ZeroAccess botnet disruption announcement
Europol, December 5, 2013

Establishes the Europol/FBI/Microsoft coalition action against ZeroAccess.

International agency release P2 Used in 3 entries
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of Silk Road Website
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, October 25, 2013

Silk Road seizure, Ulbricht arrest and charges, Bitcoin seizure

Prosecutor release P1 Used in 10 entries
Citadel botnet disruption announcement
FBI Cyber Division, June 5, 2013

Establishes FBI coordination with Microsoft's civil action against Citadel infrastructure.

Law enforcement release S2 Used in 3 entries
Megaupload indictment and seizure announcement
US DOJ / USAO EDVA, January 19, 2012

Establishes the 18-domain seizure, the seven-defendant indictment, and coordinated New Zealand arrests.

Prosecutor release S2 Used in 9 entries
Operation Ghost Click / DNSChanger case announcement
FBI / USAO SDNY, November 8, 2011

Establishes the DNSChanger seizure, substitute-DNS remediation, and the six-defendant indictment.

Law enforcement release S2 Used in 3 entries
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.

Government release S2 Used in 3 entries
Operation In Our Sites launched against piracy websites
US ICE HSI / National IPR Center, June 30, 2010

Establishes the initial nine-domain seizure and the program's growth to 761 domains by 2012.

Law enforcement release S2 Used in 2 entries

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