NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - ⁠Law enforcement agencies in the United States, Germany and Canada have carried out ⁠an operation to take down infrastructure used by four major botnets that infected ‌more than 3 million devices worldwide. German police said on Friday law enforcement ⁠agencies had identified two suspected administrators ⁠of the botnets who will now face legal consequences. "Searches were conducted at their residences in ⁠Germany ‌and Canada, and extensive evidence was seized," it said in a statement. Most ⁠infected devices were part of the so-called Internet of Things, ​or web-connected appliances like ‌webcams, digital video recorders, or Wi-Fi routers, according to the U.S. DOJ. This allowed third parties to use the infected devices as an anonymization layer for a fee, without the knowledge of the actual owner," police said.

Source: The Star March 20, 2026 14:09 UTC