Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

<p>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.</p> <p>The action, <a href="https://www.ncsc.nl/nieuws/gezamenlijke-actie-politie-en-ncsc-legt-groot-botnetwerk-plat">announced Thursday</a>, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorities. The host infrastructure was located in the Netherlands.</p> <h2>Used for criminal purposes</h2> <p>“The 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.”</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/botnet-of-more-than-17-million-devices-dismantled/">Read full article</a></p> <p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/botnet-of-more-than-17-million-devices-dismantled/#comments">Comments</a></p> Reference : https://ift.tt/VcAyfvw