U.S. Takes Part in Multinational Efforts to Disrupt Netwalker Ransomware and Emotet Malware | Alston
News Highlights: U.S. Takes Part in Multinational Efforts to Disrupt Netwalker Ransomware and Emotet Malware | Alston.
On January 27 and 28, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different types of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking trojan known as Emotet, that have affected victims around the world and suffered millions of dollars in damages in recent years.
The law enforcement actions against Netwalker and Emotet are the latest examples of success cooperation between international governments in fighting cross-border cybercrime as the US partnered with Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Lithuania, Sweden and Ukraine to disrupt the Emotet botnet, and Bulgarian authorities assisted in the operation against Netwalker. The DOJ announcement on Emotet notes, “Now, more than ever, international cooperati