Australian Signals Directorate Disables Amadey Malware Backend, Disconnecting 180,000 Infected Devices

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) gained access to the backend of the Amadey malware operation, disconnecting 180,000 infected devices globally, including in Australia, to prevent further data theft. This action marks a significant technical intervention in disrupting the malware's ability to exfiltrate sensitive information.

A criminal using the Amadey malware can no longer access or steal data from 180,000 infected computers around the world, including some in Australia, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says. The agency's operators gained access to the criminal's operation's backend and cut it off from those computers.

"The next steps that we took were to disconnect that Amadey controller from all those

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