FBI Busts Chinese National for $6B COVID Relief Botnet Scheme
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The FBI has dismantled a massive botnet of 19 million infected computers spread across 190 countries, used for various cybercrimes including financial fraud and identity theft. The operation led to the arrest of the alleged administrator, YunHe Wang, in Singapore, and the seizure of luxury goods, cryptocurrency, and real estate. The botnet, active since 2014, generated millions by leasing access to compromised IP addresses.
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- Feds take down one of world's largest malicious botnets and arrest its administrator CBS News
- U.S. arrests alleged thief of $6 billion in COVID relief Quartz
- Chinese national cuffed on charges of running 'likely the world's largest botnet ever' The Register
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