Chinese National Arrested for Allegedly Operating ‘World’s Largest Botnet’

Published on May 30, 2024

A Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly running a botnet of 19 million infected IP addresses in nearly 200 countries, amassing at least $99 million by leasing his network to criminals for cybercrimes including COVID-19 pandemic relief scams. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wang Yunhe, 35, offered customers to use his network of compromised IP addresses for a fee from 2014 until July 2022, according to a press release issued on May 29. The service, named “911 S5,” allowed cybercriminals to conceal their digital footprint when engaging in nefarious online activities. Those offenses included financial crimes, stalking, transmitting bomb threats and threats of harm, illegal exportation of goods, and receiving and sending child exploitation materials....

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