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FluBot disruption

June 2022, Malware and botnets
Led by Politie (Netherlands National Police)

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Infrastructure behind the malware was taken under control or disrupted through coordinated international measures.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not applicable

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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A Dutch Police-centered international operation involving 11 countries, supported by Europol/J-CAT, took control of and disrupted infrastructure behind the FluBot Android SMS-phishing malware.

Date
June 2022
Target
FluBot, android malware
Activity
Malware and botnets
Operational lead
Dutch National Police
Partners
EC3[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Infrastructure behind the malware was taken under control or disrupted through coordinated international measures.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority across 11 countries.
Group accounted for
Not applicable

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not applicable

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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Official sources

  1. [1]
    FluBot: Europe's most spread mobile malware disrupted through international police cooperation

    Europol, June 1, 2022, Source grade P2

    Establishes the 11-country Dutch-led disruption of FluBot infrastructure.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.