Botnet Bust: FBI and Allies Unplug $46 Million Proxy Empire!
The US Department of Justice and Lumen Technologies have teamed up to bring down notorious proxy services Anyproxy and 5socks. These services, powered by a botnet of hacked devices, were allegedly run by Russian and Kazakhstani suspects. Despite the takedown, the suspects are still at large, leaving justice to play a waiting game.
Hot Take:
Looks like the cybercriminals had a “sock” exchange going on! The FBI and Black Lotus Labs just gave these botnet operators a one-way ticket to proxy oblivion. Let’s just say they’re not exactly winning any popularity contests in the cybersecurity world. It’s like a game of whack-a-mole, but with fewer moles and more routers.
Key Points:
- The US Department of Justice, Lumen Technologies, and international police dismantled two proxy services: Anyproxy and 5socks.
- Four suspects, primarily Russian nationals, remain at large after being charged with operating the services.
- The services exploited thousands of outdated routers and IoT devices to conduct malicious activities.
- The 5socks service, around for over two decades, reportedly netted over $46 million in cryptocurrency.
- The FBI issued an alert about the risks of EOL routers being used as proxy servers.
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