Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
2026-03-22T01:23:26Z•a499a865978ea44a326c46047b8f83cdd286970bad79073622eaea3fd9f86b5c
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What happened
Multiple high-impact cyber threats and trends were reported: U.S., Canadian and German authorities disrupted the infrastructure behind four massive IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad) that had compromised millions of devices and powered record‑smashing DDoS attacks; the Kimwolf botnet remains highly active, abusing networks like I2P and linked to other botnet takeovers (Badbox 2.0). Separately, an Iran‑linked group claimed a destructive wiper attack against medical‑technology firm Stryker that disrupted operations and affected thousands of employees. Other notable items: a March
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- 2026-03-22T01:23:26Z
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