23-year-old botnet Sality felled by CrowdStrike sinkhole op
The takedown isolated 15,000 infected machines, breaking a peer-to-peer network that stole at least $150,000 in crypto via clipboard hijacking.

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The takedown isolated 15,000 infected machines, breaking a peer-to-peer network that stole at least $150,000 in crypto via clipboard hijacking.
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