Dogged Russia-based botnet dismantled after 23-year run
Law enforcement, CrowdStrike and Shadowserver dismantled the 23-year-old Sality P2P botnet that infected more than 11 million devices.
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2 articles · newest firstCops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
Law enforcement and CrowdStrike disrupted the 23-year-old Sality P2P botnet, isolating 15,000+ infected machines and seizing linked domains.
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- FBIorganization · 2
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- Salitymalware · 2
- US Justice Departmentorganization · 1
- CrowdStrikeorganization · 1
- Shadowserver Foundationorganization · 1
- EggJaggermalware · 1
- DoD Office of Inspector Generalorganization · 1
- Shadowserver Foundationvendor · 1
- Europolorganization · 1
- US Department of Justiceorganization · 1
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