Operation Endgame: Europol secures millions of victim records
Investigators in Operation Endgame have secured millions of records stolen from victims of malware networks, in a new worldwide action coordinated by Europol.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesCriminals who run malware networks collect a lot of stolen data. Now investigators have taken some of it back: in the latest round of Operation Endgame, law enforcement agencies secured millions of records belonging to victims.
Europol coordinates the operation, which targets malware networks around the world. The newest action is described as a global strike against cybercrime. Authorities did not just go after the infrastructure behind the attacks. They also got hold of the data that the malware had harvested from infected machines.
What is Operation Endgame?
Operation Endgame is a series of coordinated actions against malware networks, with Europol as the coordinating body. Malware here means software that criminals use to infect computers, often to spy on users or steal their information. Each wave of the operation hits different parts of that criminal ecosystem.
Why the secured records matter
Stolen records are what make malware profitable for the people behind it. Securing millions of them means investigators now hold material that shows who was affected. That is a first step toward warning victims, though the details of how affected people will be notified were not part of the information available to us.
If you want to be careful in the meantime, the usual advice applies: keep your system and antivirus software up to date, change passwords if you suspect an infection, and turn on two-factor login where you can.
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