Dutch Authorities Dismantle Botnet Linked to 17 Million Infected Devices
Summary: Dutch police and the National Cyber Security Center announced the takedown of a botnet comprising at least 17 million infected computers, tablets, smartphones, and IoT devices, backed by more than 200 servers in the Netherlands. Police seized a subset of those servers from a hosting provider, which then took the botnet offline; NL Times reported the service was Asocks, a residential proxy provider whose proxyware was previously tied to the PROXYLIB Android campaign identified by HUMAN's Satori team in April 2024.
What's compelling: A single residential proxy business sat on top of 17 million compromised devices and more than 200 backend servers, and it was selling access for $5 to $15 a month. The devices feeding that network were ordinary routers, phones, and IoT gear inside organizations that never knew they were enrolled.
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