Dutch govt disrupts malware botnet with 17 million infected devices

Dutch police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) disrupted a large-scale botnet of at least 17 million compromised devices and seized more than 200 servers hosted in the Netherlands; reporting links the infrastructure to the Asocks proxy service used for malicious proxying, DDoS attacks, and cryptocurrency mining. The hosting provider took the botnet offline for investigation, authorities continue forensic work, and the article offers general device-hardening advice but provides no technical IoCs.