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A crackdown targeting large-scale botnets continues amid growing challenges. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/88328\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-2.jpg?resize=1500,843 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption> (Getty) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"65.816296678713\"><body readability=\"133.6548539114\"><\/p>\n<p>Authorities seized infrastructure powering four botnets that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ak\/pr\/authorities-disrupt-worlds-largest-iot-ddos-botnets-responsible-record-breaking-attacks\">hijacked a combined three million devices<\/a> and launched more than 300,000 DDoS attacks collectively, the Justice Department said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The botnets \u2014 Aisuru, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/kimwolf-aisuru-botnet-lumen-technologies\/\">Kimwolf<\/a>, JackSkid and Mossad \u2014 enabled operators to sell access to the infected devices for various cybercrimes. The aftermath spanned thousands of attacks, including some demanding extortion payments from victims, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The globally coordinated operation, aided by law enforcement actions targeting the botnets\u2019 operators in Canada and Germany, disrupted the command-and-control infrastructure for all four botnets. Two of the botnets set records before the takedown, attracting widespread attention from security researchers and vendors.<\/p>\n<p>The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of Aisuru, spread like wildfire after its operators figured out how to abuse residential-proxy networks for local control, according to Sythient. It eventually took over <a href=\"https:\/\/synthient.com\/blog\/a-broken-system-fueling-botnets\">more than 2 million<\/a> Android TV devices by January. In September, just as Kimwolf was forming, Cloudflare clocked the Aisuru botnet hitting a record-breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/ddos-threat-report-2025-q3\/\">29.7 terabits-per-second DDoS attack<\/a> that lasted 69 seconds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Officials ultimately attributed roughly 200,000 DDoS attacks to Aisuru, 90,000 to JackSkid, 25,000 to Kimwolf and about 1,000 DDoS attack commands to the Mossad botnet. Yet, DDoS attacks from financially-motivated attackers are typically a distraction or misdirection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOftentimes a DDoS attack is just advertising for the size of an operator\u2019s botnet,\u201d Zach Edwards, staff threat researcher at Infoblox, told CyberScoop. Botnet operators cash out by renting these controlled devices to cybercriminals for account abuse, password reset attacks, ad fraud schemes and residential proxy nodes, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Devices infected by the four botnets include digital video recorders, web cameras, Wi-Fi routers and TV boxes. Hundreds of thousands of these devices are located in the United States, federal prosecutors said. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not name the people involved or formally announce any arrests. Yet, they describe the operation in nearly conclusive terms, claiming the action disrupted the botnets\u2019 communications infrastructure \u2014 domains, virtual servers and other systems \u2014 to prevent further infection and limit or eliminate the botnets\u2019 ability to launch future attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCybercriminals infiltrate infrastructure beyond physical borders and Defense Criminal Investigative Service participates in international operations to help safeguard the Department\u2019s global footprint,\u201d Kenneth DeChellis, special agent in charge at the Defense Department\u2019s DCIS cyber field office, said in a statement. Some of the DDoS attacks attributed to these botnets reached IP\u2019s owned by the Department of Defense Information Network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Botnets often compete for devices to infect and opportunities to scale. As Kimwolf spread and hit those objectives, it captured sweeping interest from researchers, authorities and vendors in a position to help stop it. <\/p>\n<p>Kimwolf was the largest DDoS botnet ever detected, according to Tom Scholl, vice president at Amazon Web Services, which assisted the operation. \u201cThe scale of this botnet is staggering,\u201d he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/aws-contributes-disruption-kimwolf-largest-botnet-ever-tom-scholl-ukbrc\/?trackingId=QIKtBLMHThySoX0v0OjGag%3D%3D\">LinkedIn post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKimwolf represented a fundamental shift in how botnets operate and scale,\u201d Scholl added. \u201cUnlike traditional botnets that scan the open internet for vulnerable devices, Kimwolf exploited a novel attack vector: residential proxy networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under this mechanism, any organization with vulnerable devices connected to the internet could unwittingly have those devices turned into a node for a botnet or a foothold for a targeted attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just some problem that your cousin has because he bought some cheap TV box that promised him free TV channels,\u201d Edwards said. Infoblox previously said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/threat-intelligence\/kimwolf-howls-from-inside-the-enterprise\/\">nearly 25% of customers<\/a> had at least one endpoint device in a residential proxy service targeted by Kimwolf.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While it\u2019s intellectually interesting whenever a botnet scales to extraordinary size, it\u2019s also a \u201csad reminder that oftentimes security takes a back seat to convenience and cost,\u201d Edwards said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe botnets are growing because more and more people are buying weird internet-connected stuff,\u201d he added. \u201cNothing in this world is free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The takedowns mark a continuation of a consistent, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cybercrime-crackdown-operation-endgame-operation-secure\/\">ongoing crackdown<\/a> targeting large-scale botnets, cybercrime marketplaces, malware, infostealers and other cybercrime tools. Some of the malicious networks hampered or rendered nonoperational by disruptions and arrests during the past year include: <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/danabot-malware-botnet-seizure-takedown\/\">DanaBot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/rapper-bot-ddos-botnet-disrupted\/\">Rapper Bot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/lumma-stealer-infostealer-takedown\/\">Lumma Stealer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/avcheck-global-takedown\/\">AVCheck<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/socksescort-proxy-network-botnet-takedown\/\">SocksEscort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 companies and organizations assisted with the coordinated disruption, including law enforcement from the Netherlands and Europol. Efforts to stop botnets will continue as these malicious networks proliferate in new places and new ways. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re living in a device-compromise\u2013DDOS-botnet-merry-go-round and while many of us wish something could slow it down, the challenges continue to grow,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThis is still a bad day for serious threat actors, and any day like that is something we should all celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5732673267327\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/justice-department-disrupts-botnet-networks-that-hijacked-3-million-devices-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Kapko\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Kapko<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. 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