{"id":53945,"date":"2023-08-29T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53945"},"modified":"2023-08-29T10:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:36:37","slug":"u-s-other-nations-takedown-cybercriminal-qakbot-malware-that-infected-more-than-700000-computers-caused-millions-of-dollars-in-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53945","title":{"rendered":"U.S., Other Nations Takedown  Qakbot Malware That Infected More Than 700,000 Computers, Caused Millions of Dollars in Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><em>Qakbot Malware Infected More Than 700,000 Victim Computers, Facilitated Ransomware Deployments and Caused Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Damage<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3664 \" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-274x173.jpg 274w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-220x140.jpg 220w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Justice Department Tuesday announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Latvia to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Qakbot malicious code is being deleted from victim computers, preventing it from doing any more harm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Department also announced the seizure of more than $8.6 million in cryptocurrency in illicit profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The action represents the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure leveraged by cybercriminals to commit ransomware, financial fraud, and other cyber-enabled criminal activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JUST IN: Department of Justice Announces Takedown Operation Against Qakbot Malware System\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8pFdw4fmcqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAn international partnership led by the Justice Department and the FBI has resulted in the dismantling of Qakbot, one of the most notorious botnets ever, responsible for massive losses to victims around the world,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Adding,\u201cQakbot was the botnet of choice for some of the most infamous ransomware gangs, but we have now taken it out. This operation also has led to the seizure of almost 9 million dollars in cryptocurrency from the Qakbot cybercriminal organization, which will now be made available to victims. My Office\u2019s focus is on protecting and vindicating the rights of victims, and this multifaceted attack on computer-enabled crime demonstrates our commitment to safeguarding our nation from harm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53948 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"black and white computer keyboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sl2brr1cuvm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe Operation \u2018Duck Hunt\u2019 Team utilized their expertise in science and technology, but also relied on their ingenuity and passion to identify and cripple Qakbot, a highly structured and multi-layered bot network that was literally feeding the global cybercrime supply chain,\u201d said Donald Alway, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cThese actions will prevent an untold number of cyberattacks at all levels, from the compromised personal computer to a catastrophic attack on our critical infrastructure.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to court documents, Qakbot, also known by various other names, including \u201cQbot\u201d and \u201cPinkslipbot,\u201d is controlled by a cybercriminal organization and used to target critical industries worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Qakbot malware primarily infects victim computers through spam emai<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1611 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBI-Logo-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBI-Logo-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBI-Logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">l messages containing malicious attachments or hyperlinks. Once it has infected a victim computer, Qakbot can deliver additional malware, including ransomware, to the infected computer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Qakbot has been used as an initial means of infection by many prolific ransomware groups in rece<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53949 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wionhd_zyi4-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"MacBook Pro on white surface\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wionhd_zyi4-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wionhd_zyi4-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wionhd_zyi4-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wionhd_zyi4-1536x1016.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wionhd_zyi4.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">nt years, including Conti, ProLock, Egregor, REvil, MegaCortex, and Black Basta. The ransomware actors then extort their victims, seeking ransom payments in bitcoin before returning access to the victim computer networks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">These ransomware groups have caused significant harm to businesses, healthcare providers, and government agencies all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">These ransomware groups caused significant harm to businesses, healthcare providers, and government agencies all over the world, including to a power engineering firm based in Illinois; financial services organizations based in Alabama, Kansas, and Maryland; a defense manufacturer based in Maryland; and a food distribution company in Southern California. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Investigators have found evidence that, between October 2021 and April 2023, Qakbot administrators received fees corresponding to approximately $58 million in ransoms paid by victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The victim computers infected with Qakbot malware are part of a botnet (a network of compromised computers), meaning the perpetrators can remotely control all the infected computers in a coordinated manner. The owners and operators of the victim computers are typically unaware of the infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As part of the takedown, the FBI gained access to Qakbot infrastructure and identified over 700,000 computers worldwide, including more than 200,000 in the United States, that appear to have been infected with Qakbot. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">To disrupt the botnet, the FBI could redirect Qakbot botnet traffic to and through servers controlled by the FBI, which in turn instructed infected computers in the United States and elsewhere to download a file created by law enforcement that would uninstall the Qakbot malware. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This uninstaller was designed to untether the victims&#8217; computers from the Qakbot botnet, preventing further installation of malware through Qakbot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The scope of this law enforcement action was limited to information installed on the victim computers by the Qakbot actors. It did not extend to remediating other malware already installed on the victim computers and did not involve access to or modification of the information of the owners and users of the infected computers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI Los Angeles Field Office, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Central District of California, and the Criminal Division\u2019s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) conducted the operation in close cooperation with Eurojust. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Khaldoun Shobaki and Lauren Restrepo of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section, along with CCIPS Trial Attorneys Jessica Peck, Ryan K.J. Dickey and Benjamin Proctor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4295215833MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Additional information and resources, including for victims, can be found on the following website, which will be updated as additional information and resources become available:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/divisions\/national-security-division\/qakbot-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/divisions\/national-security-division\/qakbot-resources<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qakbot Malware Infected More Than 700,000 Victim Computers, Facilitated Ransomware Deployments and Caused Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Damage \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 The Justice Department Tuesday announced a 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