Avalanche Network, Cyber Crimes, Pennsylvania 2023
Avalanche Network, Cyber Crimes, Pennsylvania 2023
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE
A catastrophic cyber crime network known as Avalanche has been dismantled in a multi-national operation led by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the FBI – Pittsburgh Division, and the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the United States in close cooperation with international partners.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, Acting U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song of the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Pittsburgh Division Robert Johnson issued a joint statement today detailing the operation, which began on November 30.
According to the statement, the Avalanche network hosted more than two dozen of the world's most pernicious types of malware and several money laundering campaigns. The operation involved an unprecedented and ongoing effort to seize, block and sinkhole more than 800,000 malicious domains associated with the Avalanche network.
The operation also involved arrests and searches in five countries, with more than 50 Avalanche servers worldwide taken offline. The Avalanche network, which has been operating since at least 2010, is estimated to involve hundreds of thousands of infected computers worldwide.
The monetary losses associated with malware attacks conducted over the Avalanche network are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide, although exact calculations are difficult due to the high number of malware families present on the network.
Additional information on the dismantling of Avalanche and several Western Pennsylvania victims of Avalanche-based malware attacks will be provided early next week.
Avalanche Network, a criminal network of worldwide computer servers, is the defendant in this case.
Exact criminal charges are not specified in the source, but it is clear that the network was involved in cyber crimes.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the city where the operation was led.
The operation began on November 30, 2023.
This case is ongoing, with no sentence or outcome specified in the source.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in losses are associated with the malware attacks conducted over the Avalanche network.
Avalanche Network, Cyber Crimes, Pennsylvania 2023
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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