Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
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The disinfection server responded to them and disinfected them, abusing the protocol design flaw.”In doing so, the company was able to stop the malware from operating and remove the malicious code to over 850,000 infected computers.Jean-Dominique Nollet, head of the French police’s cyber unit, said the malware operators generated several million euros worth of cryptocurrency.Remotely shutting down a malware botnet is a rare achievement — but difficult to carry out.Several years ago the U.S. government revoked Rule 41, which now allows judges to issue search and seizure warrants outside of their jurisdiction.
As said here by Zack Whittaker