Europol takes down cybercrime supermarket
In a joint effort by six countries, Europol led a complicated international operation to take down the GozNym malware cybercriminal network. The network preyed on over 40,000 victims from whom it attempted to steal a collective $100M. A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted ten members of the criminal network under conspiracy to infect victims’ computers with GozNym malware designed to capture banking credentials, using the stolen credentials to gain fraudulent access to the victims’ accounts, and stealing and laundering money from those accounts. The bust entailed cooperation from Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and the United States.
