Notorious Emotet botnet taken down following international police operation

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Notorious Emotet botnet taken down following international police operation
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Notorious Emotet botnet taken down following international police operation

Servers taken down and multiple arrests made

Emotet, the world's most dangerous malware botnet, has been disabled following a global coordinated operation that took more than two years in planning. According to Europol, the EU's law enforcement...

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