US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to target NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate
Reported by TechCrunch · techcrunch.com · August 26, 2026
The Justice Department said that the domain seizures made the botnet and its command and control servers "inoperable," as the domains were hardcoded into the botnet's code and were critical for the botnet's communication and essential operations.
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