Microsoft, feds disrupt massive Citadel botnet

Working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Microsoft on Wednesday moved to disrupt a massive cybercrime ring allegedly responsible for stealing online banking information and personal identities, leading to more than $500 million in losses. In what the company described as its “most aggressive botnet operation to date,” Microsoft acted on a court ordered civil seizure warrant from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to take down 1,462 Citadel botnets. The company wasn’t able to shut down all of the botnets using the Citadel malware. “However, we do…

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