https://infosec.exchange/@screaminggoat/113390900486824005 screaminggoat@infosec.exchange - Operation Magnus Megatoot
EUROJUST: Malware targeting millions of people taken down by international coalition
U.S. Department of Justice: U.S. Joins International Action Against RedLine and META Infostealers
Netherlands Police: Internationale opsporingsdiensten ontmantelen infostealers (Dutch language)
ESET Research: ESET Online Scanner for Redline and META
Multiple press releases about Redline and Meta information stealers were published today after a 24 hour tease (see parent toot above). The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EUROJUST) states that international law enforcement from the Netherlands, United States, Belgium, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Australia shut down three servers in the Netherlands, seized two domains, unsealed charges in the United States and took two people into custody in Belgium. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Maxim Rudometov, one of the developers and administrators of RedLine Infostealer. "According to the complaint, Rudometov regularly accessed and managed the infrastructure of RedLine Infostealer, was associated with various cryptocurrency accounts used to receive and launder payments and was in possession of RedLine malware." The operation spun off of a tip from ESET last year that malware servers were hosted in the Netherlands. The Dutch press release mentions that a search and seizure was carried out at an infostealer customer's home, and multiple Telegram accounts advertising the infostealers were taken offline. ESET provides a free scanner to detect Redline or Meta infostealers. They provide useful instructions beyond running the scanner.
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