International police operation dismantles notorious Qakbot botnet
The FBI uninstalled the Qakbot malware from hundreds of thousands of infected computers.
The FBI uninstalled the Qakbot malware from hundreds of thousands of infected computers.
QakBot was responsible for 30% of the attacks, followed by SecGholish and Raspberry Robin.
The intrusion started in the autumn of 2022 and lasted until June of this year.
One of the suspects is a serving police officer.
Sophos has linked the attacks to a threat actor it tracks as ‘STAC4663’ believed to be associated with the FIN8 cybercrime group.
The hackers exploited vulnerabilities in WebDetetive’s web dashboard.
The incidents disrupted traffic in the northwestern regions of the country.
The company said it detected suspicious activity leading to downtime for some of its customers.
Kroll said it has no evidence that its other systems or accounts were impacted.
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