Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries
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Law enforcement dismantled SocksEscort, a criminal proxy botnet that infected 369,000 residential routers across 163 countries to facilitate large-scale fraud operations. The operation represents a significant takedown of proxy infrastructure used for malicious activities.
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A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers worldwide into a botnet for committing large-scale fraud.
"SocksEscort infected home and small business internet routers with malware," the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. "The malware allowed SocksEscort to direct internet