Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
by Dan Goodin from Ars Technica - All content on (#75Z6Z)
Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber Security Center.
The action, announced Thursday, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorities. The host infrastructure was located in the Netherlands.
Used for criminal purposesThe police then seized several botnet servers from a hosting provider for investigation," the NCSC said. The botnet was taken offline by the provider because it was used for criminal purposes."