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Sality botnet infrastructure dismantled in joint global takedown

International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and take down the peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet. As part of this operation, supported by Europol and Eurojust, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI, and DCIS seized Sality-linked domains in the United States, while authorities in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania seized additional Sality-linked domains hosted in Europe. CrowdStrike's Counter Adversary Operations team, in collaboration with international law enforcement and private industry partners, also dismantled the botnet's control channels in a peer-to-peer sinkhole operation that isolated infected machines. The Sality botnet has been active for more than two decades and has infected over 15,000…

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Sep 2, 2026
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