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Microsoft attempts takedown of global criminal botnet

by Frank Bajak
| October 13, 2020 12:03 AM

Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware, which experts consider a major threat to the U.S. presidential election.

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