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Some of the biggest password stealers around may have been disrupted by police

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Two of the biggest infostealer malware strains around today have been hit by significant disruption by a major police operation.

The Dutch National Police engaged in Operation Magnus, together with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other unnamed partners, to take down RedLine and Meta.

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