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Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Cyberattacks and Spying

  • On May 22, 2025, criminal charges were publicly announced against 16 Russian nationals accused of running the DanaBot malware operation from within Russia.
  • The charges follow investigations revealing that DanaBot, active since 2018, spread globally, targeting financial institutions and sensitive military and government networks.
  • DanaBot initially functioned as a banking trojan with modular capabilities to steal credentials and later evolved into an espionage tool used in multiple cybercrime operations including ransomware.
  • Authorities seized DanaBot command servers worldwide, reducing active servers from about 30 to 2, with ongoing efforts complicated by servers hosted by Alibaba, supported by global law enforcement and tech firms.
  • This disruption marks a significant step in Operation Endgame II, aiming to dismantle cybercriminal networks and highlights alleged Russian government involvement in using DanaBot for espionage.
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International investigators, as part of a large-scale special operation, exposed and partially defused a Russian cybercriminal network that infected computers with Qakbot, Danabot, Conti and other malicious programs.

About this writes The Guardian.As noted, law enforcement officers from the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Denmark and the Netherlands.According to the investigation, hackers from Russia and related structures infected more than 300 thousand devices in the USA, Europe, Australia, Poland, India and Italy. The purpose of the cyberattackers was to steal data, blackmail, as well as cyber espionage against government, diplomatic and military instit…

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Techmeme broke the news in California, United States on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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