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Two of World's Largest Bot Networks Behind Major Attacks Shut Down

Summary by Euronews
German, US and Canadian cybercrime specialists shut down two of the world's largest botnets, Aisuru and Kimwolf, suspected of being behind major online attacks.

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Millions of internet-enabled devices such as smart TVs, smartwatches or routers: criminals have infected these devices and then used them as a bot network. Now authorities from Germany, USA and Canada have paralyzed two large networks.[more]]>

·Hamburg, Germany
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DDoS attacks recently caused malfunctions in the Deutsche Bahn booking system. International investigators are now paralyzing two of the largest botnets for such attacks. However, the problem has not yet been solved.

·Germany
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International investigators paralyze two of the largest botnets for DDoS attacks. What is behind the networks "Aisuru" and "Kimwolf" and why the problem is not completely solved.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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Investigators have succeeded in striking two of the world's largest malware programs for computers. In an internationally coordinated action with law enforcement agencies from Canada and the USA, distributed technical infrastructure of the two bot networks Aisuru and Kimwolf could be shut down worldwide. A bot network network networked with malware infected computers, smartphones or routers, for example, that are remote controlled by cybercrimin…

·Vienna, Austria
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International investigators have turned off the botnets Aisuru and Kimwolf, which had previously infected millions of devices. One of the tracks leads to Germany.

·Germany
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rp-online.de broke the news in on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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