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23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted

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23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted

A 23-year-old Sality peer-to-peer botnet was disrupted through peer list manipulation and takedown of payload distribution URLs. The operation targeted one of the longest-running botnet infrastructures in cybercrime history.

Why it matters: Organizations with legacy systems infected by Sality may see reduced command-and-control connectivity, but should verify removal to prevent reinfection from remaining infrastructure or copies.

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