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CrowdStrike, US Authorities Dismantle Sality Crypto-Stealing Botnet

TokenPost·September 2, 2026·1 min read
CrowdStrike, US Authorities Dismantle Sality Crypto-Stealing Botnet

CrowdStrike and U.S. authorities dismantled Sality, a malware botnet operating since 2003 that hijacked crypto transactions by replacing wallet addresses. The EggJagger payload monitored clipboards for Bitcoin or Ethereum addresses and swapped them with attacker-controlled ones, increasingly targeting crypto payments over the past eight years.

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