It Took 4 Years to Take Down ‘Avalanche,’ a Huge Online Crime Ring

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ON THURSDAY, A group of international law enforcement agencies announced that it had completed an ambitious takedown of an extensive online criminal infrastructure called “Avalanche.” It’s one of the largest botnet takedowns ever, a four-year effort that turned up victims in 180 countries worldwide. Which is to say, nearly all of them.

The scale of Avalanche is overwhelming, as was that of the effort to unwind it. Criminals have been using the platform since 2009 to mount phishing attacks, distribute malware, shuffle stolen money across borders, and even act as a botnet in denial of service attacks. It specialized in targeting both financial institutions and people’s personal financial data, to great success. The Department of Justice pegs the monetary losses associated with Avalanche’s malware attacks as “in the hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide.” – READ MORE

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