In an unprecedented effort that has surprised absolutely everyone except cybercriminals themselves, a gargantuan taskforce of law enforcement agencies has dismantled the operations of Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and the Elysium botnet. This thrilling crackdown, akin to finally getting your grandmother to uninstall that suspicious toolbar, was led by Europol and Eurojust, two organizations that hackers probably mistook for a new niche cryptocurrency.

Operation Endgame, the latest endeavor to throw a spanner in the works of nefarious online operations, has managed to disrupt malware families with intimidating names, reminding them that sometimes big brother is actually watching. However, analysts claim that the hackers’ greatest adversary remains to be their own software updates, which are more elusive than detection by law enforcement.

While the cybersecurity world celebrates this victory with a collective exhalation as profound as finding out your antivirus subscription auto-renewed, experts remind us that the real challenge is yet to come: teaching every law enforcement officer the difference between a USB flash drive and a pack of gum.