Uncle Sam today said an international law enforcement effort dismantled Qakbot, aka QBot, a notorious botnet and malware loader responsible for losses totaling hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide, and seized more than $8.6 million in illicit cryptocurrency. In a Tuesday press conference announcing the take down, US Attorney Martin Estrada called the FBI-led Operation Duck Hunt “the most significant technological and financial operation ever led by the Department of Justice against a botnet.”

Source: The Register