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📡 Dutch police disrupt botnet tied to 17 million compromised devices
Dutch authorities have dismantled a botnet infrastructure linked to roughly 17 million infected devices, targeting the command layer used to manage a large pool of compromised systems. The action, detailed in the operation, focused on taking down backend control mechanisms rather than isolated endpoint remediation.
The scale points to a widely distributed abuse network with significant persistence across consumer and IoT environments. Disrupting command-and-control degrades coordinated malicious activity, but the device count indicates the underlying exposure base remains extensive even after infrastructure seizure.
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