US, Germany, Canada Disrupt Botnets That Infected Millions of Devices

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United States Department of Justice logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ReutersNEW YORK—Law enforcement agencies in the United ‌States, Germany and Canada have carried out an operation to take down infrastructure used by four major botnets ‌that infected more than 3 million devices worldwide.The U.S. ⁠Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday the malicious networks – Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad – were used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with ​some Department of Defense websites among the targets.

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