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US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks

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STIX ID: report--3f9f3fc4-133e-5e4b-a1e0-98874178ede2

Feed Name: WIRED Security

Threat Score
80/100

Date Published: 2026-03-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Andy Greenberg

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The US Department of Justice and Defense Criminal Investigative Service dismantled four Mirai-derived IoT botnets—Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad—that together controlled over 3 million infected devices and were used to launch record-setting DDoS attacks (including a combined 31.4 Tbps incident); operators rented botnet access to other criminals, and the operation involved international partners though no immediate arrests were announced.

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