Authorities dismantled the SocksEscort proxy network in an international law enforcement effort known as Operation Lightning.

Investigators say the service relied on AVRecon-infected SOHO routers to route malicious traffic via residential IPs.

https://www.technadu.com/socksescort-cybercrime-proxy-network-taken-down-in-operation-lightning-tens-of-servers-and-domains-seized/623226/

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