Cyber cops plead for info on elusive Emotet mastermind

Operation Endgame has released a short public appeal seeking information to identify "Odd," the individual believed to be behind the Emotet botnet; the report summarizes Emotet's history as a pervasive banking trojan-turned-botnet that distributed other malware and enabled ransomware, notes past takedowns and recent law enforcement actions, and states that Emotet's command-and-control servers are currently offline while investigators seek leads.