FBI disrupts Moobot botnet used by Russian military hackers

The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) in spearphishing and credential theft attacks targeting the United States and its allies. [...]

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