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# Organizations and roles

April 2015, Malware and botnets
[Simda botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/simda-botnet-disruption)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: Not established. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [International Criminal Police Organization](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/international-criminal-police-organization) | Coordinator | Coordinated the multinational operation. |
| | [The Shadowserver Foundation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/the-shadowserver-foundation), Netherlands | Technical partner | Provided technical support. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026