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📰 Epoch Times: Chinese National Arrested for Allegedly Operating ‘World’s Largest Botnet’
➡️ A Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly running a botnet of 19 million infected IP addresses in nearly 200 countries, amassing at least $99 million by leasing his network to criminals for cybercrimes including COVID-19 pandemic relief scams.
➡️ The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wang Yunhe, 35, offered customers to use his network of compromised IP addresses for a fee from 2014 until July 2022, according to a press release issued on May 29. The service, named “911 S5,” allowed cybercriminals to conceal their digital footprint when engaging in nefarious online activities.
➡️ Those offenses included financial crimes, stalking, transmitting bomb threats and threats of harm, illegal exportation of goods, and receiving and sending child exploitation materials.
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Chinese National Arrested for Allegedly Operating ‘World’s Largest Botnet’
The DOJ said Wang Yunhe offered customers use of his network of compromised IP addresses for a fee from 2014 until 2022.
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