Law enforcement agencies kill significant botnet

Published June 24, 2022 3:00am ET



Law enforcement agencies from the United States and three other countries have shut down a botnet operated by Russian cybercriminals and leased out to other hackers for malicious uses, the Justice Department announced.

The DOJ said the RSOCKS botnet, made up of millions of compromised devices, was allegedly rented out to other criminal groups to mask their web traffic and conduct cyberattacks.

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