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U.S. Government Disrupts Botnet People's Republic of China Used to Conceal Hacking of Critical Infrastructure

United States Department of Justice, January 31, 2024. Court-authorized malware deletion from routers, Rule 41 warrants in WDPA, reinfection caveat.

Source type
Government release
Published
January 31, 2024
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
5

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Publisher
United States Department of Justice
Published
January 31, 2024
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
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What it supports
Court-authorized malware deletion from routers, Rule 41 warrants in WDPA, reinfection caveat
Dataset id
src_doj_kv_botnet_2024

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Cited 5 times across 3 record types.

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2 citations

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Infrastructure

2 citations

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