Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
2026-03-20T01:23:49Z•fcf511ed10699902d568392df930b4f668e90e95e5dd60826c230accf069c965
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What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents and trends: U.S., Canadian and German authorities disrupted the infrastructure for four large IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had infected >3 million devices and were used in record-setting DDoS attacks; Kimwolf remains active (including I2P abuse) and its alleged operator “Dort” has conducted harassment and swatting. Authorities/researchers link Kimwolf operators to compromises of other botnets (Badbox 2.0). A new phishing-as-a-service called “Starkiller” proxies real login pages and relays MFA tokens to fully harvest credentials. An Iran-al
Why it matters
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- 2026-03-20T01:23:49Z
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- Yes
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