San Francisco (CNN Business) Law enforcement authorities across several countries have taken down a network of what they describe as the "world's most dangerous malware." "The Emotet infrastructure essentially acted as a primary door opener for computer systems on a global scale," Europol said. The global effort to disrupt and take control of the compromised network, known as a botnet , was carried out jointly between eight countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. The network consisted of several hundred servers across the world, Europol said. An investigation by Dutch police yielded a database of email addresses, passwords and usernames that were compromised by Emotet.

Source: CNN January 28, 2021 19:41 UTC