FBI takes down one of world's largest botnets with first-time strategy
The bureau infiltrated Qakbot's servers, redirected their traffic to Bureau-controlled servers and downloaded a malware uninstaller file onto each device as part of the operation.
The uninstaller also prevents the installation of any additional malware onto these devices
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https://www.axios.com/2023/08/29/fbi-qakbot-botnet-network-ransomware