B.C. police help in crackdown of international cybercrime network

Police in Vancouver, along with the help of international partners, cracked down on a Russia-based cybercrime network. The RCMP Federal Policing Pacific Region cybercrime investigation team in Vancouver is the lead Canadian police agency in the international joint forces operation targeting initial access malware. It was dubbed Operation Endgame, according to a news release from RCMP Friday (Nov. 13). The Vancouver team contributed coders, analysts and investigators. Police say the Russia-based “Gootloader” malware enables unauthorized access to computer systems around the world through compromised websites. It uses infected WordPress websites to spread malware “masquerading as legal documents.” The team in Vancouver and the RCMP’s cyber and technical investigation service developed a tool that removes Gootloader malware from infected machines. That tool was then shared with Operation Endgame partners to “disrupt the malware on a global scale.” The week of Nov.

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