The German authorities in cooperation with the United States and Europol dismantled the Avalanche botnet.
Five people arrested, 37 searches, 39 seized servers and 221 servers taken offline, more than 800,000 domains blocked with the help of numerous cyber security experts. It is the biggest International operation in the history.
After four years of investigation, the final phase occurred on Wednesday 30 November 2016, under the leadership of the German authorities, in cooperation with their Ameri