US disrupts global ‘botnet’ controlled by Russian military intelligence, DoJ says
by David Smith in Washington from on (#5XX14)
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The US has disrupted a global botnet" controlled by Russia's military intelligence agency, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday.
A botnet is a network of hijacked computers used to carry out cyberattacks. The Russian government has recently used similar infrastructure to attack Ukrainian targets," Garland told reporters at the justice department.
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