Law enforcement agencies worldwide executed one of the most coordinated cybercrime takedowns in recent history.
Operation Endgame, orchestrated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, successfully dismantled the infrastructure behind three of the most dangerous cybercrime tools: Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT remote access trojan, and the Elysium botnet.
These platforms have been instrumental in fueling international cybercrime, compromising the accounts of hundreds of thousands of victims and stealing millions of credentials worldwide.
The operation represents a landmark moment in the global fight against malware enablers, with authorities targeting the very backbone of modern cybercriminal operations.
A Multinational Effort Against Digital Threats
The operation brought together unprecedented collaboration among law enforcement and judicial authorities from 11 nations, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
This joint effort involved more than 30 national and international organizations, with critical support from private sector partners including Proofpoint, CrowdStrike, Bitdefender, and Spycloud.
Over 100 law enforcement officers, coordinated from Europol’s command post, executed simultaneous actions across multiple jurisdictions.
The result was decisive: one arrest in Greece —namely, the primary suspect behind VenomRAT —on November 3, along with 11 location searches, 1,025 servers seized or disrupted globally, and 20 domains confiscated.
The infrastructure dismantled during Operation Endgame contained evidence of staggering criminal scope.
The infostealer’s operator maintained access to over 100,000 cryptocurrency wallets belonging to unsuspecting victims, with potential values reaching millions of euros.
Hundreds of thousands of infected computers contained several million stolen credentials, with many users entirely unaware their systems had been compromised.
Authorities have mobilized public awareness campaigns, directing affected individuals to resources like CheckYourHack and Have I Been Pwned to verify whether their systems were infected.
Beyond server shutdowns, law enforcement directly contacted criminal users through police channels and public exposure platforms, signaling that the takedown marks a turning point rather than an endpoint.
The operation demonstrates that international cybercrime infrastructure, no matter how sophisticated, remains vulnerable to coordinated, persistent enforcement actions spanning nations and combining technical expertise with traditional investigative methods.
As authorities continue analyzing seized data and pursuing remaining suspects, Operation Endgame serves as a potent reminder that the global law enforcement community increasingly possesses the capability to dismantle even the most entrenched cybercriminal networks.
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