Europol, alongside global partners, has dismantled the criminal infrastructure behind Gootloader, CastleRAT, and StealC malware. In coordinated actions, law enforcement seized 235 servers and 257 domains, severely crippling these malware distribution networks.
6.4 million victim datasets secured in international operation against malware networks
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