duplicate React-root div for styling Carly Page Zack Whittaker 12 hours A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Qakbot is a banking trojan that became infamous for providing an initial foothold on a victim’s network for other hackers to buy access and deliver their own malware, such as ransomware. U.S. officials said Qakbot has helped to facilitate more than 40 ransomware attacks over the past 18 months alone, generating $58 million in ransom payments. The law enforcement operation, named “Operation Duck Hunt,” saw the FBI and its international partners seize Qakbot’s infrastructure located in the United States and across Europe. The U.S. Depar...