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Threat Actors & CampaignsEmerging1 sourceSep 2, 2026 · 10:26via CyberInsider

US and European authorities disrupt Sality botnet after 23 years

Brief

US and European law enforcement agencies have disrupted the long-running Sality malware operation, cutting its operators off from more than 15,000 infected computers worldwide. The coordinated action, carried out on August 31, involved the US Department of Justice, FBI, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), CrowdStrike, the Shadowserver Foundation, and Europol.

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