01.27.2021 23:Jan PM EST Emotet Botnet Takedown Successful: How to Check if Your Email Was Compromised by 'World's Most Dangerous Malware' In a press release, Europol calls the operation one of the essential botnets of the past decade. Known as 'Operation Laybird,' security researchers managed to disrupt Emotet's command-and-control infrastructure. Photo : Getty Images A group of international cyberpolice and judicial authorities have taken down Emotet, a malware dubbed as the 'most dangerous' menace on the internet. Police from Netherland, Germany, Lithuania, France, Canada, the USA, UK, and Ukraine are among participating law enforcement authorities. In a press release, Europol calls the operation one of the essential botnets of the past decade. Known as 'Operation Laybird,' security researchers managed to disrupt Emotet's command-and-control infrastructure.