European police dismantle StealC servers for a second time
Original title: European authorities take down SteaIC malware servers for second time this year
The wider action disrupted 235 servers and 257 domains and recovered copies of about 6.4 million stolen logins.
European police this week dismantled more than 100 servers used by the StealC password-stealing malware, the second takedown after a June crackdown. German investigators traced the rebuilt network to Virtualine, a bulletproof host the FBI seized in October, with help from Frankfurt police and the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit. Europol said agencies and private partners disrupted 235 servers and 257 domains used by StealC, Gootloader and CastleRAT, and found copies of about 6.4 million stolen logins from more than 40,000 victims. No arrests, cryptocurrency seizures or charges were announced.
- People are directed to politie.nl/checkyourhack and haveibeenpwned.com.
- Police from nine countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and the United States, took part.
- The June action restricted access to €41 million in cryptocurrency.
- German police said rebuilt infrastructure creates new investigative leads.
Impact: about 6.4 million stolen login credentials exposed
- 1.Check politie.nl/checkyourhack and haveibeenpwned.com for stolen logins.
- Malware
- StealCGootloaderCastleRAT
- Organizations
- EuropolFBIVirtualineFederal Criminal Police Office
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1 min read at therecord.mediaGerman authorities on Thursday said investigators traced the rebuilt network to the Virtualine bulletproof hosting provider, seized by the FBI in October, with the assistance of police in Frankfurt and the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit.
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