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Dutch police and NCSC seize botnet infrastructure

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Dutch police and the NCSC seized more than 200 servers and took offline a 17 million-device botnet, disrupting infrastructure used for cyberattacks. The action followed a joint investigation and targeted hosting at a local provider in the Netherlands. Authorities said the botnet controlled computers, tablets, and smartphones for criminal abuse.

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  1. 29.05.2026 17:26 3 articles · 1mo ago

    Dutch authorities take offline a 17 million-device botnet and seize more than 200 servers

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    Dutch authorities said police and the NCSC disrupted a botnet of at least 17 million infected devices, seized more than 200 servers at a local hosting provider in the Netherlands, and took the infrastructure offline after an investigation. The servers were used to control computers, tablets, and smartphones for cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks, malicious traffic proxying, and cryptocurrency mining.

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