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David Smith in Washington

US disrupts global ‘botnet’ controlled by Russian military intelligence, DoJ says

US attorney general Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference, alongside FBI director Christopher Wray, on Wednesday.
US attorney general Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference, alongside FBI director Christopher Wray, on Wednesday. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The US has disrupted a global “botnet” controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday.

A botnet is a network of hijacked computers used to carry out cyberattacks. “The Russian government has recently used similar infrastructure to attack Ukrainian targets,” Garland told reporters at the justice department.

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