Microsoft's Global Operation to Disrupt Lumma Stealer's 2.3k Malware Network
9 months ago
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- Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) led a global operation to disrupt Lumma Stealer, a major infostealer malware network.
- The operation involved seizing 2,300 domains and protecting nearly 400,000 victims.
- Legal tools like RICO and trespass laws, along with global partnerships (Europol, Japan, private companies), were key to the takedown.
- The DCU is shifting toward persistent, cost-imposing disruption of cybercrime-as-a-service models.
- The episode discusses how stolen victim data is handled during takedowns and the future of DCU operations.