'Operation Duck Hunt' took down a botnet system that likely caused hundreds of millions in damage and seized nearly $9 million in cryptocurrency ransoms.
— Federal investigators took down a criminal ransomware network that likely accounted for hundreds of millions of dollars in damage over the course of its existence, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Qakbot's victims totaled 700,000 across the globe in 2023, according to the Justice Department, with approximately 200,000 located in the U.S. Small businesses, healthcare providers and government agencies including a defense manufacturer base in Maryland were harmed by attacks linked to the network.
Botnets like the one targeted by the FBI stealthily take control of a computer and work in a coordinated manner to perpetrate their alleged crimes, investigators said Tuesday. Law enforcement officials emphasized that while hundreds of millions of dollars were likely lost because of attacks tied to Qakbot's cyber campaigns, national interests were also at stake because the ransomware groups were targeting hospitals and critical infrastructure that are vital to national security.
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