An international law enforcement effort dubbed 'Operation Moonlander' resulted in the seizure of websites Anyproxy and 5Socks, which allegedly provided a botnet of hacked internet devices to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors indicted four individuals, including three Russians and one individual from Kazakhstan, for using hacked routers to power their proxy services. The prosecution revealed that these individuals targeted vulnerable older-model routers and profited by selling access to their compromised network, turning legitimate service offerings into a tool for cybercrime. The operation highlighted the risks posed by IoT devices and their vulnerabilities.
"The joint law enforcement operation dismantled two services accused of providing access to a botnet built on hacked devices, impacting thousands of vulnerable routers."
"U.S. prosecutors indicted four individuals for profiting from these services, which presented themselves as legitimate but were based on compromised technology."
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