Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
2026-03-23T13:23:33Z•ba33952f288612067cf9e74d55b79b081b5ba5c47d98f3830989edc3a46bdae6
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What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity posts (Jan–Mar 2026) covering major IoT botnet activity and law-enforcement takedowns, nation-state and extortion attacks, phishing innovations, and patching. U.S., Canadian and German authorities disrupted the Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets that infected millions of IoT devices and powered record DDoS campaigns. Kimwolf is linked to large-scale abuse (DDoS, doxing, SWATing), interference with the I2P anonymity network, and possible ties to compromises of other botnets (Badbox 2.0); reporting examines the Kimwolf operator (“Dort”). Separately, an IR-
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- 2026-03-23T13:23:33Z
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- Yes
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