US DOJ Takes Action Against Redline and Meta Infostealers

Oct. 29, 2024, 2:13 PM UTC

The US joins Netherlands, Belgium and other international partners in a Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce operation to seize domains, servers, and Telegram accounts used by the RedLine and Meta administrators to disrupt the operations of infostealers, the Justice Department says in a statement.

  • The DOJ has unsealed a warrant issued in the Western District of Texas that authorized law enforcement to seize two domains used by RedLine and META for command and control, according to statement
  • It has also unsealed charges against Maxim Rudometov, one of the developers and administrators of RedLine Infostealer
  • NOTE: Infostealers are a form of malware ...

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