Microsoft and law enforcement coordinated a court-authorized takedown that targeted Amadey and StealC at the same time, disrupting the shared infrastructure used by both criminal tools. The operation hit more than 200 command-and-control servers and aimed to make it harder for threat actors to rebuild and scale their attacks. #Amadey #StealC #Microsoft #Europol #RICO
Keypoints
- Microsoft and law enforcement carried out a joint takedown of Amadey and StealC.
- The operation targeted more than 200 command-and-control servers.
- Both tools were often used together and shared infrastructure.
- Copilot helped connect the two malware families as one criminal conspiracy.
- Amadey and StealC were linked to more than 140,000 infected computers in one week.
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