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Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

The Hacker News·September 2, 2026·1 min read
Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the takedown of the long-standing Sality peer-to-peer botnet on Tuesday, as part of a coordinated operation on August 31, 2026, involving authorities from the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, with private partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation.

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