Australia cuts Amadey malware backend off from 180,000 infected PCs

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) gained access to the backend of an Amadey malware operation and disconnected its controller from 180,000 infected computers worldwide, including machines in Australia. The criminal can no longer control the devices or steal data from them.

• ASD accessed the criminal's backend and cut off the Amadey controller
• 180,000 infected computers were freed, some of them in Australia
• Amadey was used to steal data from infected machines