FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
2026-07-04T13:23:32Z•3114b780d6ae87f2642b34f14acdbe7fe31e9912cf0f47e233884a6b348cbbb5
AWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISADutch authoritiesFBI-seizureGitHub leakKimwolfMeta AI support botMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutPopaScattered SpiderThe Gentlemenaccount-takeoverbotnetcredential-leaklaw-enforcementransomwareresidential-proxyserver seizures
What happened
Multiple coordinated law-enforcement actions and security incidents this period: the FBI seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut, a residential-proxy service operated by Alarum Technologies, after research linked the service to the Android-based "Popa" botnet that enslaves millions of consumer TV boxes to relay malicious traffic (ad fraud, account takeovers, scraping). Related enforcement and arrests include the guilty pleas by two Scattered Spider members, the arrest of an alleged Kimwolf botmaster, and Dutch seizures/arrests of hosting infrastructure used for Russian operations. Separately
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- 2026-07-04T13:23:32Z
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