US seeks to seize control of hundreds of thousands of infected devices from hackers
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/23/us-seize-control-of-infected-routers-in-possible-ukraine-attack.html
The U.S. government said late on Wednesday that it would seek to wrestle hundreds of thousands of infected routers and storage devices from the control of hackers who security researchers warned were planning to use the "botnet" to attack Ukraine.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania gave the FBI permission to seize an internet domain that authorities charge a Russian hacking group known as Sofacy was using to control infected devices.
US seeks to seize control of hundreds of thousands of infected devices from hackers
May 24, 2018, 2:21am UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/23/us-seize-control-of-infected-routers-in-possible-ukraine-attack.html
> The U.S. government said late on Wednesday that it would seek to wrestle hundreds of thousands of infected routers and storage devices from the control of hackers who security researchers warned were planning to use the "botnet" to attack Ukraine.
> A federal judge in Pennsylvania gave the FBI permission to seize an internet domain that authorities charge a Russian hacking group known as Sofacy was using to control infected devices.