The United States stopped the work of Botnet, that is, a network of computers controlled by hackers. This was announced at the International Cybersecurity Conference by Deputy Minister of Justice and US Prosecutor General Lisa Monaco.
According to her, the FBI and the prosecutors of Vinistanism of Justice stopped the activities of the global botnet Cyclops Blink, which, as they suspect, was controlled by the General Staff of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, that is, the foreign intelligence authority, TASS reports.
According to the information received, the goal of Botnet was the American manufacturer of WatchGuard network devices, however, US law enforcement officers and their partners managed to write a program code to suppress the harmful network and prevent the attack.
Cyclops Blink is a malicious software aimed at networking equipment in order to add a target device to the botnet to control and control.