Authorities arrest man allegedly running 'likely world's largest ever' cybercrime botnet

WASHINGTON (AP) — An international law enforcement team has arrested a 
Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran 
for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by reselling 
access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child exploitation, 
and financial fraud, including pandemic relief scams.

The U.S. Department of Justice quoted FBI Director Christopher Wray as 
saying Wednesday that the “911 S5” botnet — a network of malware-infected 
computers in nearly 200 countries — was likely the world’s largest.

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