A network of devices has been seized by the western intelligence alliance, Five Eyes, taking control of a 260,000 device botnet. The network was reportedly in development since 2021, and was likely used to help Chinese actors breach critical infrastructure and government agencies in the US, Taiwan, and elsewhere.
The Five Eyes alliance, which is composed of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, carried out the operation to dismantle the network. More than half of the devices were in the US, and consisted primarily of malware infected PCs and servers.
