Microsoft announced this week that it has teamed up with the FBI and other partners including ESET to dismantle the massive botnet called Gamarue (Andromeda). Microsoft says that it and its partners began the journey to disrupt the botnet all the way back in 2015.

A coordinated take down started on November 29, 2017 and an arrest was made.

Source: Hot Hardware – Microsoft And FBI Join Forces To Dismantle Destructive Andromeda Global Botnet