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Miracle · August 29 2023

The Miracle of the Duck Hunt

The wonder

On 29 August 2023 the FBI and the Department of Justice announced Operation Duck Hunt: led by its Los Angeles field office, the FBI had taken over Qakbot's infrastructure and redirected about 700,000 infected computers to its own servers. Those servers sent the machines a program that uninstalled the malware. $8.6 million in cryptocurrency was seized. Qakbot had for years been one of the main entry points for ransomware gangs.

The miracle worker

The FBI's Los Angeles field office and federal prosecutors, with partners coordinated by Eurojust in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Latvia and the United Kingdom.

Thanksgiving

For seven hundred thousand computers freed of an unwanted guest, and for a duck hunt that harmed no innocent bystanders, we give thanks. Amen.

Technical record

The FBI, led by its Los Angeles field office, took over Qakbot's infrastructure and redirected about 700,000 infected computers to FBI servers. Those servers sent an uninstaller that removed the malware. $8.6 million in cryptocurrency was seized; Qakbot had been a major entry point for ransomware gangs.

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Sources: infosecurity-magazine.com · therecord.media

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