TREND MICRO WORKS WITH FBI ON INTERNATIONAL CYBERCRIME 'TAKE DOWN'
The FBI announced that this week (15 November) the successful completion of Operation Ghost Click, a two-year investigation of a criminal gang based in Estonia. The long-living botnet of more than 4,000,000 bots was taken down by the FBI and Estonian police in cooperation with a cohort of international partners. Trend Micro was the only commercial security company involved.
The botnet spread over 100 countries, affected some 4 to 5 million victims, and generated $14 million. More than taking down a single botnet, Trend Micro assisted in the take down of the people behind the botnet.
Trend Micro Malware Blog:
Operation Ghost Click - Esthost Taken Down – Biggest Cybercriminal Takedown in History
FBI Press Release:
International Cyber Ring That Infected Millions of Computers Dismantled
