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Feds claim victory over Coreflood botnet

Computerworld, June 23, 2011. Coreflood: the June 2011 close of the civil action, the permanent injunction against the ten John Doe operators, and the FBI's statement that the botnet was reduced by more than 95 percent - the basis for the 'no documented return' record.

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News report
Published
June 23, 2011
Research grade
S1
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Publisher
Computerworld
Published
June 23, 2011
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.computerworld.com/article/1534069/feds-claim-victory-over-coreflood-botnet-2.html
What it supports
Coreflood: the June 2011 close of the civil action, the permanent injunction against the ten John Doe operators, and the FBI's statement that the botnet was reduced by more than 95 percent - the basis for the 'no documented return' record
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src_computerworld_coreflood_victory_2011

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  • By Gregg Keizer.
  • published_on taken from the page's schema.org datePublished (2011-06-23T17:01:00-04:00).
  • The cited URL redirects to https://www.computerworld.com/article/1534069/feds-claim-victory-over-coreflood-botnet-2.html, which is the page's own rel=canonical; the canonical form is recorded here.

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