Dutch Police, NCSC Take Down Major Botnet

A collaboration between the Dutch National Police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has seen a large botnet being shut down.

In this operation, 200 servers were identified and addressed as well. These servers controlled millions of infected devices, from computers to phones, and were used to carry out cyberattacks.

A security researcher first identified the network and notified the NCSC. The NCSC then alerted the police, and together they dug into the matter. It turns out, the botnet had at least 17 million infected devices. To make matters worse, its 200 controlling servers were right in the Netherlands.

The police moved in, grabbed several botnet servers from a hosting provider for closer inspection. Because it was being used for criminal activities, the hosting company shut down the botnet, helping it go completely off the grid.

Law enforcement is clearly prioritizing this space

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