FBI DISMANTLES UBIQUITI ROUTER BOTNET CONTROLLED BY RUSSIAN CYBERSPIES

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The US Department of Justice announced that a court-authorized operation has dismantled a botnet of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers controlled by Russian cyber spies. The group, known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, was using the hijacked routers as a global espionage platform.