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ETH U.S. federal law enforcement agencies join forces to crack down on cryptocurrency theft malware
U.S. federal law enforcement officials have teamed up with cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike to announce action against the entity behind a certain malware. The malware had caused the theft of $150,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday that it has teamed up with officials in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, as well as private sector partners CrowdStrike and Shadowserver Foundation, to successfully disrupt the Sality botnet and its malware internationally. U.S. officials said that since 2003, Sality malware has been installed by invading victim devices, resulting in the theft of cryptocurrencies and triggering cyber attacks.
CrowdStrike reported that in the past eight years, the entities behind Sality used EggJagger-a "clipboard hijacking tool that monitors a user's clipboard for cryptocurrency wallet addresses and quietly replaces them with operator-controlled addresses"-to steal at least 12.1 million rubles (approximately US$150,000) of cryptocurrency. According to the company, the value of these "never spent" digital assets peaked at approximately $1.5 million in January 2025.
"When victims copy Bitcoin or Ethereum addresses for payment, funds are transferred to other addresses." CrowdStrike said while explaining the theft techniques.
According to CrowdStrike, the criminals behind Sality "lost the ability to communicate with infected machines" due to authorities 'interference with the network. U.S. officials and the company said Sality was used to steal cryptocurrency, while about 15,000 infected computers formed a point-to-point botnet that checked every 40 minutes to see if its systems were online.
