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Major Botnets Dismantled: 3 Million Devices Disrupted

3/21/2026

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) dismantled four major botnets—Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad—responsible for significant DDoS attacks.
They removed command-and-control servers managing over 3 million compromised devices.
Aisuru and Kimwolf accounted for more than a million devices and carried out record-breaking attacks, including a 30 terabit per second assault last November.
No arrests were reported, and collaboration with Canadian and German authorities is ongoing.

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Story summary

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) dismantled four major botnets—Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad—responsible for significant DDoS attacks.
They removed command-and-control servers managing over 3 million compromised devices.
Aisuru and Kimwolf accounted for more than a million devices and carried out record-breaking attacks, including a 30 terabit per second assault last November.
No arrests were reported, and collaboration with Canadian and German authorities is ongoing.