The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the success of a cyber operation which aimed to take out a prominent Russian botnet known as RSOCKS.
Law enforcement authorities from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom all played a role in disrupting the operations of the botnet, which hacked millions of devices around the world.
The DOJ says RSOCKS initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers, though it expanded to targeting additional types of devices including conventional computers.
