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Dutch govt disrupts malware botnet with 17 million infected devices

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation. [...]

Analysis

Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on May 29, 2026.

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