March 10, 2022 By Pierluigi Paganini
A few months after its return the Emotet botnet has already infected over 130,000 unique bots spread across 179 countries.
The Emotet botnet continues to grow and has infected approximately 130,000 hosts since its resurrection in November 2021.
Early 2021, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide conducted a joint operation, named Operation Ladybird, which disrupted the EMOTET botnet. At the time the investigators have taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.
