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https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23851227/fbi-doj-qakbot-botnet-malware https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23851227/fbi-doj-qakbot-b... https://www.theverge.

• mdhb 2y ago
  I said only just a couple of years ago, I didn’t say this was the first time this has ever happened. The pre-2020 examples you give there are NOT going into systems without authorization and modifying them. They used other techniques to disrupt the botnets.
  • redundantly 2y ago
    The second link was four years ago. The third link was 2014. They didn't fix the vulnerability for the computer owners, but they did take over the control of the malware on them without notifying them. Same for the fourth link. 2011, they disabled these bot net agents without notifying system owners: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/04/u-s-government-takes-down-coreflood-botnet/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/04/u-s-government-takes-dow... Point being, it wasn't unthinkable a couple of years ago.