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Title: Microsoft Says 394,000 Windows Computers Infected By Lumma Malware
Globally

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/21/195424...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Microsoft said Wednesday that
it broke down the Lumma Stealer malware project with the help of law
enforcement officials across the globe. The tech giant said in a blog post
that its digital crimes unit discovered more than 394,000 Windows computers
were infected by the Lumma malware worldwide between March 16 through May 16.
The Lumma malware was a favorite hacking tool used by bad actors, Microsoft
said in the post. Hackers used the malware to steal passwords, credit cards,
bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. Microsoft said its digital crimes
unit was able to dismantle the web domains underpinning Lumma's
infrastructure with the help of a court order from the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia. The U.S. Department of Justice then
took control of Lumma's "central command structure" and squashed the online
marketplaces where bad actors purchased the malware. The cybercrime control
center of Japan "facilitated the suspension of locally based Lumma
infrastructure," the blog post said. "Working with law enforcement and
industry partners, we have severed communications between the malicious tool
and victims," Microsoft said in the post. "Moreover, more than 1,300 domains
seized by or transferred to Microsoft, including 300 domains actioned by law
enforcement with the support of Europol, will be redirected to Microsoft
sinkholes." Cloudflare, Bitsight and Lumen also helped break down the Lumma
malware ecosystem.

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