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Targeting Rove Digital: Operation Ghost Click

ID: f54d1444-f337-5551-834f-d4982b718518

STIX ID: report--f54d1444-f337-5551-834f-d4982b718518

Feed Name: The Spamhaus Project

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2011-11-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-30

Author: The Spamhaus Team

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On November 9, 2011 the FBI, working with international partners, dismantled Rove Digital in the 'Ghost Click' operation; Rove Digital ran malware that changed victims' DNS settings to redirect web traffic, replaced legitimate ads with fraudulent ads to generate over $10 million in illicit revenue, and in some cases prevented antivirus updates, while operating through bulletproof hosting and multiple aliases.

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