{"id":56187,"date":"2024-05-29T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/chinese-national-cuffed-on-charges-of-running-likely-the-worlds-largest-botnet-ever\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T23:58:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:58:12","slug":"chinese-national-cuffed-on-charges-of-running-likely-the-worlds-largest-botnet-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/chinese-national-cuffed-on-charges-of-running-likely-the-worlds-largest-botnet-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese national cuffed on charges of running ‘likely the world’s largest botnet ever’"},"content":{"rendered":"

US authorities have arrested the alleged administrator of what FBI director Christopher Wray has described as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever,” comprising 19 million compromised Windows machines used by its operators to reap millions of dollars over the last decade.<\/p>\n

“Working with our international partners, the FBI conducted a joint, sequenced cyber operation to dismantle the 911 S5 Botnet,” Wray declared in a Justice Department statement<\/a>. “We arrested its administrator, Yunhe Wang, seized infrastructure and assets, and levied sanctions against Wang and his co-conspirators.”<\/p>\n

Wray alleged the 911 S5 Botnet infected computers in nearly 200 countries and “facilitated a whole host of computer-enabled crimes, including financial frauds, identity theft, and child exploitation.”<\/p>\n