Bromium researchers spotted scammers used Nevada data centers to distributed Dridex, GandCrab and other malware in a campaign that lasted between May 2018 to March 2019.

Typically, threat actors organize their operations outside of the reach of U.S. law enforcement but these made a bold statement using servers that could easily be seized and shut down by U.S. authorities.

Researchers also spotted Neutrino and IcedID malware being delivered on the servers in a campaign that included five banking trojan families, two ransomware families and three info stealing variants, according to an April 4 blog post.

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