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relatively ineffective disruptive actions earlier in the month. A coalition headed by
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) had a serious impact, although TrickBot continued to infect further computers. On 18 October, Microsoft stated that 94% of Trickbot's critical operational infrastructure - 120 out of 128 servers - had been eliminated. Some Trickbot servers remained active in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, and Kyrgyzstan. Constant action, both technical and legal, is required to prevent Trickbot from re-emerging due to its unique architecture. Although there was no evidence of TrickBot targeting the US election on 3 November 2020, intense efforts continued until that date.
183:, an address that cannot access the Internet). The efforts actually started several months earlier, with several disruptive actions. The project aims for long-term effects, gathering and carefully analyzing data from the botnet. An undisclosed number of C2 servers were also taken down by legal procedures to cut their communication with the bots at the hosting provider level. The action started after the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Microsoft's request for a court order to stop TrickBot activity. The technical effort required is great; as part of the attack,
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