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How the FBI Took Down LockBit by Destroying the One Thing Criminals Can't Easily Replace: Trust
Operation Cronos didn't just seize servers. It turned LockBit's own website against its partners, shattered the group's reputation, and cut ransom attacks in the US by nearly 80 percent.
German and US police pull the plug on Kratos, a phishing kit rented to 1,800 crooks
Investigators seized more than 200 servers and arrested the developer in Indonesia, ending a service that ran roughly 15,000 fake Microsoft login campaigns every month.
Google and FBI Shut Down NetNut, a Criminal Anonymity Network Built on Millions of Hijacked Home Devices
NetNut rented out access to infected home and business routers so criminals and foreign spies could hide their tracks. A joint operation has disrupted it.
FBI and Google Tear Down 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing Platform Behind $1.9 Billion in Losses
Nine thousand phishing sites. Nearly four million stolen credit cards. One takedown.
Dutch Police Pull the Plug on 17-Million-Device Botnet Run Through 200+ NL Servers
Politie and NCSC seized command infrastructure hosted on Dutch soil, dismantling a network that pulled in PCs, phones, tablets and IoT gear at scale.
CrowdStrike, Google and Shadowserver Pull the Plug on GlassWorm's C2
A coordinated takedown severed every known command channel of the developer-targeting worm — for now.