US Department of Justice and CrowdStrike Dismantle Crypto-Stealing Hacker Group

The US Department of Justice, in collaboration with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and authorities from Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, has taken legal action against the operators of the Sality botnet. The operation aimed to terminate the long-standing malware, which has been active since 2003. Attackers utilized a tool called EggJagger to perform clipjacking, silently replacing copied Bitcoin or Ethereum wallet addresses with attacker-controlled ones. The group reportedly stole approximately $150,000 in cryptocurrency, with the value of the unspent assets