Netherlands police dismantle 17M device botnet

TL;DR. Dutch police took down a large botnet of 17 million infected devices, operating for unspecified criminal purposes and hosted on 200 servers. - The botnet leveraged poorly secured consumer-grade IoT hardware, routers, and mobile devices for its operations. - NCSC-NL recently highlighted a rise in residential proxy networks, often linked to malicious botnet activities. - Authorities advised users to secure devices better, avoid unofficial apps, and keep software updated.

• Dutch police dismantled a botnet affecting 17 million devices.
• The botnet's infrastructure included 200 servers in the Netherlands.
• Targeted devices were consumer-grade IoT, routers, and mobile hardware.
• The NCSC-NL noted an increase in malicious residential proxy networks.

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