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giant call Google He said he has disrupted a criminal hacker network that has infiltrated more than 1 million machines worldwide and is suing in US federal court the alleged Russian cyber administrators behind the operation.

Inside case Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and in posts on the company’s blog, Google It said it removed servers used by Glupteba, a “botnet” targeting computing devices running the Windows operating system, and accused the network of theft and fraud. Botnet refers to a network of devices infected with malware used in cyber attacks.

Google He said Glupteba was known to steal users’ credentials and data, and in the case, Glupteba was accused of plotting credit card fraud and selling unauthorized access to victims’ devices. GoogleThe lawsuit, filed Tuesday, names Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov as botnet operators.

“Google “Alleged violations under the Racketeer Affected and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Lanham Act, and the unfair interference and unjust enrichment of business relationships.” GoogleThe Threat Analysis Group in a blog post Tuesday. “While these actions do not completely stop Glupteba, TAG estimates that the combined efforts will materially impact the player’s ability to run future operations.”

GoogleThe Threat Analysis Group said it observed Glupteba targeting victims around the world – particularly in the US, India, Brazil and Southeast Asia. Google It said it detected thousands of malware downloads every day.

Google He said he ended 63 million Google Documents distributed by Glupteba, 1,183 Google accounts, 908 Cloud Projects and 870 Google Ad accounts.

Tech companies are increasingly publicizing their actions against alleged cybercriminals. Earlier this week, Microsoft said possessed Websites that targeted US Microsoft Corporate Vice President Tom Burt by China-based hackers said the company used 24 cases to take down 10,000 malicious websites used by cybercriminals and nearly 600 websites used by government-backed hackers.