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For the past 18 months, The Shadowserver Foundation has been quietly working to support international Law Enforcement agencies in the coordinated take down of the criminal operated Avalanche malware delivery platform.

On Monday June 2nd 2014, the US Department of Justice announced an ongoing operation to take down the infamous Gameover Zeus and CryptoLocker cybercrimal botnet infrastructures. "Operation Tovar" is a joint effort between international law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI, UK NCA and Europol/EC3, plus multiple private partners.