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Chinese man arrested for allegedly running ‘largest ever’ malware network

US officials have accused a Chinese national of running what has been described as 'likely the world’s largest botnet ever' [Al Drago/Reuters]

Authorities in the United States have announced the dismantling of a global network of 19 million infected computers used to facilitate and cover up cybercrimes including fraud, identity theft and child exploitation.

Yunhe Wang, 35, was arrested on Friday for allegedly running the botnet known as “911 S5”, the US Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

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