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 t

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.