Operation- Endgame
Not everyone believes the name fits. Security critics argue that is a misnomer for three reasons:
By sinkholing the traffic, the FBI and Europol now possess a dataset of every IP address that communicated with these loaders over the last 72 hours. These IPs belong to infected victims. Law enforcement can now issue "notification letters" to companies in the Fortune 500, forcing them to remediate before the ransomware deploys. Operation- Endgame