Law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the US and Europe say they have taken down the Qakbot botnet, used by criminal gangs to spread ransomware.
According to the FBI, Qakbot - also known as QBot and Pinkslipbot - was controlled by an unnamed cybercriminal organisation that leased access to the malware to other threat actors. Major ransomwar...
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