Police raid malware network tied to Russia's Evil Corp hacker group

2026-06-20T20:51:53Zb7f8c712b4850bab4fdf9914186bea2226f9c09638b43a39ed0d5e9a955392c9
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What happened

International law-enforcement agencies carried out an operation to disrupt the SocGholish browser-injection/drive-by installation botnet, which has been attributed to the Russia-linked cybercrime group Evil Corp. The action targeted infrastructure used to distribute malware and is part of an ongoing effort to degrade a prolific criminal group responsible for high-impact malware and ransomware campaigns.

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