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FBI Shut Down Russia-linked "Cyclops Blink" Botnet That Infected Thousands of Devices

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read1
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The U. S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it neutralized Cyclops Blink , a modular botnet controlled by a threat actor known as Sandworm, which has been attributed to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU).

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