A US DOJ operation disrupted four botnets that infected 3M+ devices and includes the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets used in a 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack in November 2025
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting …
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@mattjay
Matt Johansen
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DOJ just announced takedown of four major botnets - Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad. This is significant scale. > The numbers here are wild: combined 3+ million infected devices globally (hundreds of thousands in US alone), and attacks hitting 30 Tbps. That's [image]
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@agreenberg
Andy Greenberg
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Feds just took down 4 botnets, including the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets that carried out record-breaking DDOS attacks peaking at 30+ terabits per second, nearly three times the previous record. DOJ says the botnets had hijacked more than three million devices. www.wired.com/stor…
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r/technews
r
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Aisuru - Largest botnet in the world, taken down in joint operation between Canadian, German, and American federal police.
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@zephyr_z9
@zephyr_z9
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Old man Wally was with Jensen 2-3 days ago LMAO [image]
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@zephyr_z9
@zephyr_z9
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Old man has a net worth of $500M Got caught swapping serial numbers using a fucking hair dryer [image]
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@ericjgeller.com
Eric Geller
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The U.S. has seized web infrastructure that cybercriminals were using to run four major DDoS botnets powered largely by hacked IoT devices. The botnets conducted record-breaking and costly attacks. Canada and Germany appear to have arrested some of the operators. www.justice.go…