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How the FBI Dismantled a Russian Military Botnet Hiding in American Homes
In January 2024, the FBI executed a court-authorized operation to neutralize a massive botnet run by Russia’s GRU intelligence agency, embedded in hundreds of everyday routers across homes and small offices in the United States and abroad.
The operation, announced in a Department of Justice press release, targeted APT28—also known as Fancy Bear—and marked a rare move: disabling foreign military infrastructure operating within domestic U.S. devices.
u/Qomplete — 8 days ago