Botnet built from end-of-life routers dismantled in US-Dutch operation
End-of-life routers were hacked and abused for a cybercrime proxy network. The FBI and Dutch police seized and shut down the botnet made up of the hacked routers and dismantled the criminal group behind it.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Malware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Hacked routers abused for a cybercrime proxy network
- Cause / method
- Hacking of end-of-life routers and creation of a botnet
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- The FBI warned that end-of-life routers were being hacked and abused for a cybercrime proxy network.
- The FBI and Dutch police seized and shut down a botnet made up of hacked routers.
- It was reported that the FBI and Amsterdam police had dismantled an international cybercrime group exploiting hacked routers.
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