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US, Germany, Canada disrupt botnets

By Maria Tsvetkova

Mar 23 2026 4:42AM

Infected millions of devices worldwide.

US, Germany, Canada disrupt botnets

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 US Department of Justice said the malicious networks - Aisuru, ...

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