Emotet is a type of malicious software, or malware, that is downloaded and executed on Windows and Macintosh operating systems. It is a particular strain of malware that has been continually updated by cyber thieves over the past few years, and those attackers have given it new and powerful capabilities in the form of mass email campaigns that target large organizations such as the University of Washington.
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