Europol shuts down Ramnit botnet that infected 3.2m computers

Seven servers being used to control millions of devices infected by Ramnit - including many in Britain - have been shut down overnight

A cybercrime ring that used millions of hacked computers in Britain to steal banking information has been shut down by European police and technology companies.

Europol's European cybercrime centre coordinated the operation from its headquarters in The Hague, targeting the so-called Ramnit botnet - a network of computers infected with malware.

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