May 30, 2024 at 07:54AM The US Justice Department arrested a Chinese national for allegedly running the 911 S5 botnet. The Treasury Department also sanctioned three individuals and three companies linked to the botnet’s creation. The botnet, responsible for infecting 19 million Windows devices, has been disrupted through an international operation involving multiple countries and … Read more
May 29, 2024 at 01:17PM The US Justice Department, with international partners, dismantled the 911 S5 proxy botnet and arrested Chinese national YunHe Wang. Wang and conspirators pushed malware onto devices using VPN apps, creating a network of millions of residential Windows computers. Wang collected approximately $99 million by selling access to the proxied IP … Read more
May 29, 2024 at 09:54AM The US Treasury Department sanctioned three Chinese individuals and Thailand-based companies for operating the 911 S5 botnet. Wang, the primary administrator, and Liu, responsible for laundering money, were targeted along with companies allegedly linked to Wang. The botnet facilitated cybercrime, proxying internet connections for illegal activities, resulting in the loss … Read more