Dossier
Operation Riptide
Coverage of Operation Riptide in the Nexus archive.
- Authorities disrupt Evil Corp’s SocGholish botnet
Authorities disrupted Evil Corp’s SocGholish botnet, a malware framework used since 2017 to steal data and deploy ransomware. The multinational takedown involved seizing 106 servers, remediating 15,000 infected websites, and disabling the botnet linked to ransomware variants like DoppelPaymer and LockBit.
- FBI launches Operation Riptide to crack down on cybercrime networks
The FBI has launched Operation Riptide to target cybercriminals and their supporting systems. The initiative aims to disrupt cybercrime networks through focused enforcement actions.