U.S. DoJ Disrupts Four IoT Botnets Responsible for Massive DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), in collaboration with international partners, disrupted four IoT botnets responsible for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks reaching up to 30 terabits per second, among the largest ever recorded. The operation targeted botnets leveraging compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices to execute the attacks. No specific dates, technical identifiers (e.g., CVE IDs), or names of the botnets were provided in the report. The disruption aimed to mitigate the botnets' capability to conduct further large-scale DDoS attacks. The action was coordinated by U.S. authorities but did not detail the involvement of other countries or agencies.