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International Law Enforcement Disrupts Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium Malware Operations

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Law enforcement agencies from 11 countries, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, disrupted operations of Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet malware as part of Operation Endgame 3.0. The action, which occurred between November 10 and 13, 2025, involved seizing over 1,000 servers and 20 domains, arresting a key suspect in Greece, and uncovering millions of stolen credentials. The operation also involved multiple private cybersecurity partners. The dismantled infrastructure included hundreds of thousands of infected computers, with the main suspect behind Rhadamanthys having access to over 100,000 crypto wallets worth millions of euros. Victims were often unaware of their systems' infections. The latest version of Rhadamanthys added support for collecting device and web browser fingerprints, along with incorporating several mechanisms to fly under the radar. Additionally, the Dutch police seized around 250 physical servers and thousands of virtual servers used by a bulletproof hosting service, which has been involved in over 80 cybercrime investigations since 2022. The seized servers were located in data centers in The Hague and Zoetermeer.

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  1. 17.11.2025 21:19 1 articles · 23h ago

    Dutch police seizes 250 servers used by bulletproof hosting service

    The Dutch police seized around 250 physical servers and thousands of virtual servers used by a bulletproof hosting service. This service has been involved in over 80 cybercrime investigations since 2022. The seized servers were located in data centers in The Hague and Zoetermeer. The hosting company advertised complete anonymity for users and no cooperation with law enforcement. The Dutch police carried out nine searches in Dutch datacentres and seized 83 servers and 20 domain names as part of Operation Endgame. CrazyRDP, a bulletproof hosting service, is suspected to be the service seized by the Dutch police.

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  2. 13.11.2025 12:53 4 articles · 5d ago

    International Law Enforcement Disrupts Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium Malware Operations

    Between 10 and 13 November 2025, law enforcement agencies from 11 countries, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, disrupted operations of Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet malware. The action involved seizing over 1,000 servers and 20 domains, arresting a key suspect in Greece, and uncovering millions of stolen credentials. The operation also involved multiple private cybersecurity partners. The dismantled malware infrastructure consisted of hundreds of thousands of infected computers containing several million stolen credentials. Many of the victims were not aware of the infection of their systems. The main suspect behind Rhadamanthys had access to over 100,000 cryptocurrency wallets belonging to victims, potentially amounting to millions of euros. Additionally, the Dutch police seized around 250 physical servers and thousands of virtual servers used by a bulletproof hosting service, which has been involved in over 80 cybercrime investigations since 2022. The seized servers were located in data centers in The Hague and Zoetermeer.

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