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The Hacker News
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June 19, 2026 at 15:07 UTC
Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
Operation Endgame — a joint law enforcement action involving Dutch, Canadian, German, and U.S. authorities — disrupted the SocGholish malware network tied to Russia's Evil Corp, taking down 106 C&C servers and domains while cleaning nearly 14,971 infected WordPress sites. SocGholish is a long-running drive-by download framework used for initial access and ransomware staging. The operation represents one of the more significant botnet disruptions targeting WordPress-based malware infrastructure.
Relevance score: 89.0/100
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